Problem
A. Love Story opens by revealing a key plot element: "What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?" How did this information affect your desire to keep watching?
B. Considering their personalities and upbringings, how are Oliver Barrett and Jenny Cavilleri alike, and how do they differ? What enables them to surmount their differences?
C. How would you describe the parent-child relationships between Oliver and his father, Oliver Barrett Ill, and Jenny and Phil Cavilleri?
D. What do you think attracts Oliver and Jenny initially, and how does that attraction change and deepen over the course of Love Story?
E. How do Oliver and Jenny's wedding reflect their style as a couple?
F. After Oliver apologizes for his part in the argument he and Jenny have about his family, she tells him: "Love means not ever having to say you're sorry." To what extent do you think this remark holds true?
G. How does Jennifer's illness change her relationship with Oliver?
H. Why is Oliver's reconciliation with his father after Jenny's death significant, and what does it suggest about Jenny's effect on him?
I. Compare and contrast the relationships of Oliver and his father, and Jenny and her father. What are the differences? What are the similarities? How are these relationships important to the plot?
J. Compare the parental relationships with that of Oliver and Jenny. How does Oliver's relationship with his father affect Oliver and Jenny's relationship? Would Oliver have married Jenny if not for his feeling of competition with his father?
K. What is the impact of Oliver's wealth on the story? What is the impact of Oliver losing his money? Does Oliver learn anything about the importance of wealth at the end of the story?