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In theory, people make decisions about becoming involved, romantically or otherwise, with other people based upon a number of criteria with which they evaluate the qualities of the other person. In some situations an individual may consciously think about the criteria, or qualities, they are looking for in that individual and then evaluate if the person meets the criteria. In most cases however the person does not consciously think out this process, but simply "knows" if he or she likes the other person or not. In some cases, the most important criteria, at least initially, are surface type attributes, such as race, appearance, or material wealth. In addition, the individual will sometimes intuitively know that the other individual is not appropriate to start a relationship with but is overwhelmed with the surface appearance. For all of these reasons relationships will sometimes fail since the initial evaluation can be based upon qualities that are not truly the most important for a long lasting relationship. I will try to show that based upon two characters in American Knees, their relationships failed, or at least struggled, since they had not explored the most important qualities of the other p
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Okja Keller, Asian Asian, Indian Latino, Love Glance, American Knees, Comfort Woman, Darleen Aurora, Raymond Aurora, Raymond I'm, America Raymond, lasting relationship, comfort woman, protect mother, qualities person, situations individual, race appearance, relationship beccah, relationships chosen, american knees, average person,
Approximate Word count = 2241
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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