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Love Story by Erich Segal Chapter Summaries / Activities Prepared by John DeLaurentis Abstracts and Lesson Plans Adapated from: BookRags, Inc. Copyright 2014

Chapter One ▪ LOVE STORY by Erich Segal is a timeless story of love. ▪ Oliver is a child of privilege, the son of a family of importance dating back many generations. ▪ Jennifer is the only child of a widowed baker, as opposite from Oliver as one person can be. ▪ Less than a day before a history exam, Oliver is at Radcliffe to read the first book on his required reading list. ▪ When Oliver asks one of the two girls at the main desk, she wants to know why he does not use his own library. ▪ Oliver becomes annoyed when the girl accuses him of being rich and dumb, and stating that she would never have coffee with him. ▪ Oliver proves her wrong by taking her to coffee later that night. ▪ Over coffee Oliver and this girl exchange names, and Oliver discovers the girl is a music major and that she has no idea who he is. ▪ Later, however, Jenny makes a sly comment that allows him to know she knew who he was all along. ▪ When Oliver drops Jenny off at her dorm, he asks her to go to a hockey game the following weekend.

Chapter Two ▪ At the hockey game Oliver gave Jenny a copy of the program so she could see his bio and realize what a great student and athlete he is. ▪ Oliver then ignores Jenny while he warms up for the game, afraid of appearing uncool in front of his friends. ▪ Oliver plays the game with the same energy and violence he normally plays with, although he is distracted by Jenny's presence. ▪ Jenny tells Oliver she is leaving the game. While he is looking for her another player knocks him down. ▪ His embarrassment is soothed by Jenny's sudden excitement regarding the game. Oliver and his team won the game. ▪ After the game, Oliver talks with a few of the hardcore fans, while searching for Jenny. Finally she steps out from behind a bush. ▪ Oliver is so happy to see her that he kisses her on the forehead. Jenny tells him she did not give him permission to do that. ▪ He then kisses her on the lips. Oliver walks Jenny back to her dorm at Radcliffe and tells her he might not call her for a few months. ▪ Back in his own dorm room, Oliver finds his roommate entertaining a few of his football buddies. ▪ His friends tease Oliver about Jenny. Oliver slips away and calls Jenny. Oliver tells her he is in love with her. Jenny hangs up on him.

Chapter Three ▪ Oliver gets hurt in a hockey game between Harvard and Cornell. ▪ Oliver went out to the parking lot and found his father waiting for him. ▪ Oliver and his father go to dinner and have the same conversation they have had many times in the past. ▪ Oliver's father wants to take Oliver to a doctor, which leads to a conversation about how animalistic Oliver's choice of sports is. ▪ Oliver's father wants to know if Oliver has gotten his law school admission letter yet. ▪ When Oliver says he has not received his law school letter, his father suggests he make a phone call to the dean of the school and Oliver becomes irritated. ▪ Next Oliver's father wants to know if Oliver or any of his friends ever thought of going into the Peace Corps. ▪ The meal finally ends with a strained peace between the two men. ▪ Oliver's father drives home. Oliver III is an avid driver who enjoys timing himself to see how fast he can get from one place to another. ▪ Oliver joins his team at the hotel in Ithaca, New York, and calls Jenny.

Chapter Four ▪ When Oliver goes to Briggs Hall to pick up Jenny for a date the girl on bells recognizes him right away and knows he is there for Jenny. ▪ Jenny is on the phone. After waiting for a few minutes, Oliver goes toward the phones to rush her a little. ▪ When he approaches, Oliver hears Jenny tell a man named Phil that she loves him. ▪ Oliver is jealous and wants to know who this Phil is after Jenny hangs up. Jenny says it is her father, a fact Oliver does not believe at first. ▪ Jenny tells Oliver how her father raised her alone after her mother died in a car crash. Jenny then asks about Oliver's father. ▪ Oliver tells her how difficult it is to live up to his father’s expectations; how his father was on the Olympic team for rowing one year. ▪ Jenny questions everything Oliver says about his father since the parent child relationship is a sacred one to her. ▪ She wants Oliver to feel that way too. However, Jenny admits that this proves Oliver is not perfect, a fact she takes relief from.

Chapter Five ▪ Oliver admits that he has not slept with or attempted to sleep with Jenny in the three weeks since they began dating. ▪ Oliver does not know how to approach this part of their relationship, because he feels differently about Jenny and does not want to scare her off with his usual lines. ▪ Then one day they are studying together, and it just happens. ▪ Oliver is surprised by how soft and gentle the whole thing is, surprised by his own reaction as much as anything else. ▪ Jenny has a gold cross on and this also surprises Oliver since he did not think she was religious. ▪ It turns out she is not religious. The cross had belonged to her mother. Jenny also admits that she is in love with Oliver.

Chapter Six ▪ Ray, Oliver's roommate, has been forced to study and sleep in other parts of the university now that Oliver and Jenny have begun the sexual part of their relationship. ▪ Oliver refuses to tell Ray that there is a sexual aspect to his relationship with Jenny and continues to deny that he is in love with Jenny, promising Ray that they will get the apartment in New York they had always planned on. ▪ After watching Jenny perform in a concert, Oliver learns that she has been accepted as a student to a well-respected music teacher in Paris. ▪ Rather than allow Jenny to leave him behind, Oliver asks her to marry him. ▪ She wants to know why he wants to marry her. He says, “Because,” which Jenny thinks is a very good reason.

Group Activity: Annotations Using the annotations you completed for Chapters 2-6, discuss in your group at least two of the annotations you made and their importance in the group’s assigned chapter. Be prepared to share your group discussions with the whole class. HOMEWORK: Read and annotate Love Story Chapter 7 (pp. 59-73).

Do Now #5 Why may it be important to "meet the parents/guardians" when two people are in a serious relationship?

Chapter Seven ▪ Oliver drives too fast on the road to his parents' house, intent on proving to himself that he can drive just as fast and reckless as his father. ▪ Jenny is with Oliver, preparing to meet his parents for the first time. Jenny is nervous. ▪ When Oliver pulls into his parents' driveway, Jenny nearly panics when she sees the size of the house and property. ▪ Once the door is opened by the servant, and Jenny makes her way down a long hall where there hang many portraits of past Barretts, Jenny's fear reaches a fever pitch. ▪ Oliver introduces Jenny to his parents. Oliver watches Jenny closely, curious if she is sizing him up against his father. ▪ Oliver is very uncomfortable with the entire situation and would like to leave, but his every attempt to slip out is foiled by Jenny. ▪ Dinner is an awkward affair during which Oliver is constantly mortified by his parents' behavior and makes comments that do nothing but make everyone else uncomfortable. ▪ After dinner, Oliver's mother tells everyone that Oliver III has been appointed the Director of the Peace Corps.

Pairs Work: Dialogue Dialogue allows characters in a book to talk to each other. It informs, entertains and makes the characters seem real. Through dialogue we see that Jenny is quiet and abrasive toward Oliver, while Oliver tries to confront her about her “verbal volleyball.” Working with another student, look through chapter 7 of Love Story and pick out two lines of dialogue. What does this dialogue reveal about the characters, the plot, or the theme? Why is it important? Be prepared to share your group discussions with the whole class. HOMEWORK: Read and annotate Love Story Chapters 8-9 (pp. 75-95).

Do Now #6 Why may forgiveness be an important aspect in any type of relationship?

Chapter Eight ▪ Jenny is impressed with Oliver III's new appointment and is surprised that Oliver is not. ▪ Jenny lectures Oliver on his behavior toward his father, telling him how important a father-son relationship is and how Oliver's prestigious family is part of who he is. ▪ Oliver sees that Jenny can see inside of him and accept his faults and this makes him love her all the more. ▪ Over lunch, Oliver III complains about Oliver eating too fast and continues this theme, as he discusses Oliver's relationship with Jenny. ▪ Oliver III thinks that Oliver is rebelling with this relationship and that to marry Jenny now would be a mistake. ▪ Oliver III says it has nothing to do with Jenny and everything to do with Oliver’s rebellion. Oliver becomes enraged and tells his father to mind his own business. ▪ Oliver III tells his son that if he marries Jenny, he will cut him out of his life. Oliver walks out of the club with every intention to marry Jenny and live his own life, free of his father.

Chapter Nine ▪ Oliver and Jenny travel to Cranston, Rhode Island, to meet Phil, Jenny's father. ▪ When they arrive on the street where Jenny lives, Jenny steps out of the car and is greeted by many of her neighbors. ▪ Oliver finds Jenny's father to be kind and polite, if boisterous. There is clearly a lot of love between father and daughter. ▪ Phil tries to heal Oliver's riff with his father by suggesting he call him and talk to him, father-to-father. ▪ Jenny and Oliver discuss with Phil their wedding plans, which do not include the typical religious elements, as neither one of them are religious. Phil is upset, as he is a devout Catholic. ▪ On the drive back to Cambridge, Oliver asks how Jenny thinks it went, and she says an ambiguous “okay.”

Individual Work: Upbringing Upbringing. The two “meet the parents” events give us insight into the relationships Oliver has with his parents and that Jenny has with her father. A child's upbringing influences a person for the rest of her/his life. On lined paper, write at least two paragraphs about how important you think a person's early upbringing is to how he or she becomes later on in life? Are there any similarities between your upbringing and that of Oliver and/or Jenny? Time permitting: Student share. HOMEWORK: Read and annotate Love Story Chapters 10-11 (pp. 97-107).

Do Now #7 What kinds of things can a person learn when he or she faces struggles in life?

Chapter Ten ▪ Oliver goes to the Associate Dean of Harvard Law School to discuss financial aid for his tuition. ▪ The dean does not think that Oliver needs the aid and suggests that Oliver should not drag the school into a personal family quarrel.

Chapter Eleven ▪ Jenny graduates from Radcliffe on Wednesday, an event many members of her family attend. ▪ Oliver graduates on Thursday, the ceremony attended by only Jenny and Phil. ▪ Jenny and Oliver get married the following Sunday by a college chaplain in a small ceremony attended by only a few close friends and Phil. ▪ The reception takes place at a local bar where Oliver allows Phil to pick up the tab, a fact that wins Oliver Jenny's appreciation. ▪ When Phil goes home, there are many tears, but Oliver and Jenny, are quite excited about their new life.

Group Work: Jealousy Jealousy is for the most part a negative emotion that is responsible for many problems in relationships -- those between individuals and even between countries. In your group, discuss the following about jealousy: How is jealousy harmful? Is jealousy always a bad thing? How can a person who is jealous deal with the emotion? How can a person deal with a friend or family's jealousy? Do you think any jealousy exists in Oliver and Jenny’s relationship? Explain. Be prepared to share your group discussions with the whole class. HOMEWORK: Read and annotate Love Story Chapters 12-15 (pp. 109-144) for Monday, January 12. Tomorrow, we will view the Love Story movie.