Veeti Heikkinen
English
Jennifer Guarino
3.2.2016

Little Manhattan

Little Manhattan is a love story between a 10 year old boy and a 11 year old girl. It tells about how quick and painful love can be, but still wonderful. 

     The Main character and narrator of this Movie is Gabe. He is a normal boy who has good friends. His parents are divorced, but they are still living together. Gabe has a good relationship with both of them. Before Gabe gets to know Rosemary, all he knew about love, is that love ends. He meets Rosemary in karate class, where they became karate partners. They decides to practice together. They get a little side tracked, and goes shopping for a dress for Rosemary. When Gabe sees her in that dress, he fells in love with her. He doesn't know what these feelings are. Usually he has thought that girls are gross. Gabe gets really nervous around Rosemary, and wants to make a good impression. His thoughts starts to go around Rosemary. They start seeing each other more often. Gabe wants to kiss her, but he is too nervous. Then Rosemary gets a new karate partner, and Gabe thinks that he has to go back to his miserable life, until he remembers that his life was great. Gabe still can't get Rosemary out of his head. Then Rosemary calls Gabe and they go to a concert. Gabe finally has the guts to kiss her. Her response is: "I got to go." The next day Rosemary calls him, and Gabe tells her that he hates her. Later he starts to regret it, and apologizes to her and tells that he loves her more than anything. Rosemary says that she is not ready to love yet. When he goes home, his parents are laughing together, and remembering their honeymoon.

     Gabe realizes that even though love ends, you will always have those memories that you can't shape, and Rosemary will always be his first love.