Jennifer, the Radcliffe student with a music major, is equally memorable. However, in the final lines of the book, Oliver's softer side is displayed when he finally reconciles with his father and cries in his arms after realizing that despite their differences, the two truly do love each other. This lack of judgment in part causes Harvard to lose in the championship game. For instance, in the beginning chapters, Oliver receives a penalty from the referee after insulting Canadian players from Cornell University. Oliver, the Harvard hockey player, is at times short-tempered and impulsive but at other times extremely emotional and sensitive. The main characters of Love Story are interesting, albeit flawed. The reader travels inside the minds of the two lead characters and learn of their personal struggles, including that between Oliver and his father, who insists that his son live life by his own conventional and conservative standards. As the novel progresses, Oliver and Jennifer's love deepens. Jenny's quick-wittedness immediately attracts Oliver, a student from Harvard University, and the two go out for coffee. The tale is somewhat reminiscent of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, for Segal reveals the ending in the first line of the book as Oliver contemplates “What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?” Love Story's star-crossed lovers meet at the Radcliffe library. Erich Segal's Love Story is a fast read about the romance between two college students, Oliver and Jennifer, who get married several days after graduation.
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