Essay | Love and Life in Magnolia

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves." (I Corinthians 13:4-7)

Love is a wonderful thing that everyone should experience in their lifetime. Some people look in the wrong places for love and others wait too long for love. In the movie, Magnolia, we see love develop in very different ways, but the people in search of that love never seem to grasp it.

Earl Partridge seems to look for love but ends up loosing it the moment he finds it. When he was married to Lily, he cheated on her several times for reasons he was not sure of....
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