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Tags: love, romance
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message 1: by Kelly (last edited May 25, 2010 02:03PM) (new)

Kelly I think anybody who thinks Wuthering Heights is a great love story is thinking of the movie.

Heathcliff is controlling and abusive. He kills a puppy just to make Catherine upset and get her attention! That is crazy psycho get-the-hell-out behavior.

Love shouldn't be about fear.


message 2: by Hannah (new)

Hannah McCornack Kelly wrote: "I think anybody who thinks Wuthering Heights is a great love story is thinking of the movie.

Heathcliff is controlling and abusive. He kills a puppy just to make Catherine upset and get her atten..."


AGREED!


message 3: by Hannah (new)

Hannah McCornack And seriously? Twilight?? When will you all realize their "love story" was a terrible one?


message 4: by Mel (new)

Mel Has anybody here actually READ Breakfast at Tiffany's? Surely people are making assumptions based on the movie, because the book is NOTHING like the movie and it isn't a love story OR a romance. And by that I don't mean it was a bad love story, I mean it literally is not a love story. It's more an observation of human activity. The narrator is gay for goodness sakes.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked the book (certainly much more then the movie) but this is extremely poor categorization.


message 5: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Kelly wrote: "I think anybody who thinks Wuthering Heights is a great love story is thinking of the movie.

Heathcliff is controlling and abusive. He kills a puppy just to make Catherine upset and get her atten..."


I also agree. He was very sadistic!


message 6: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Mel wrote: "Has anybody here actually READ Breakfast at Tiffany's? Surely people are making assumptions based on the movie, because the book is NOTHING like the movie and it isn't a love story OR a romance. An..."

I was thinking the same thing and wondering. In the book doesn't she go off to South America and disappear? It has been awhile since I read it.


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