Topic > Compare/contrast - 1170

Both in TS Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “It's six in the morning, do you know where you are?” by Jay McInerney, the narrators are dissatisfied with their love lives. They are alone and need the company of a woman. Their loneliness drives both characters to seek women in places outside their comfort zone. Prufrock in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" attempts to go to a high society party while the narrator in "It's Six in the Morning, Do You Know Where You Are?" visit a nightclub. Looking for love in the wrong places, the main characters are in a state of self-delusion when looking for their ideal woman because they fail to look for the kind of woman they need rather than the one they want. J. Alfred Prufrock", the narrator, Prufrock, is in a state of loneliness his entire life. The poem is about a middle-aged man who is afraid of growing old because he has never been in love before. It is not because he is ​​unable to love, but it is his fear of love. Prufrock's fear is shown in lines 84-86, "I saw the moment of my greatness falter / And I saw the eternal valet hold my coat and chuckle / And in short, I was scared." Prufrock is scared because his lack of confidence and fear of rejection prevent him from pursuing a love interest. Prufrock's lack of confidence makes him unable to express his feelings towards people, especially women. women. Throughout the poem, he second-guesses his actions in approaching a woman because he is afraid of being rejected. For example, lines 37-39 read “And indeed there will be time/ To ask yourself, “Do I dare?” and “Do I dare?”/ Time to go back and go down the stairs.”Prufrock's fear of love is the reason why… in the center of the paper… with the York Times He is interested in a different woman from those who frequent nightclubs. With their differences in the type of women they seek, both narrators of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "It's Six AM Do You" Do You Know Where You Are? they seem to be together in their solitude. Neither narrator is lucky in their search for love as they both return home or die alone. In Prufrock's case, he dies alone dreaming of mermaids who symbolize the women he cannot have. As for the narrator of "It's Six in the Morning, Do You Know Where You Are?", he leaves the nightclub with no one and ends up near a bakery where he and his ex-wife used to visit. Both "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "It's Six in the Morning, Do You Know Where You Are?" proves that it is possible to find love in your natural habitat without ever having to change your lifestyle.