Themes
On the surface, everything seems fine. I've got this great guy, and he loves my kid. And he sure does like me a lot. And I can't live like that. It's not the way I'm built.
— Dorothy Boyd ‧ Jerry Maguire
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
From the outside, everything looks lovely: a great man who adores her kid and likes her a lot. Dorothy says that still isn't enough for her. She can't live inside a comfortable arrangement that doesn't match how she's built.
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