In the story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love consider what resonated with you and why?
You may wish to investigate such themes, symbols and motifs as Mel’s job as a cardiologist, his previous interest in becoming a priest, the definition of love/types of love/stages of love, alcohol, bungled attempts at love and bungled attempts at suicide, violence, fear, Mel’s fantasy about being a knight, the difference between being a vassal to someone and a vessel, armor, shame, depression (“we all need a little pill now and then”), the old couple in the hospital, full-body casts, marriage, divorce, what happens when love goes, alimony, custody, the connection between love and hate, the parallel between Mel’s loathing for his ex and Ed’s violence, food and the absence of food, bees and bee-keeper suits, the shifting of light and shadows, and the motionless of the couples at the end of the story.