summary(Love is a fallacy)

The narrator of the story is very bright and was only eighteen. He has a room mate, named Petey. He is a faddist.One afternoon, the narrator found Petey lying on his bed with an expression of such distress on his face. The narrator told Petey not to move because he will call a doctor. But then, Petey mumbled the word raccoon. The narrator asked Petey what he is trying to say . Petey said that he needs a raccoon coat. The narrator asked Petey why he wants a raccoon coat . The said that raccoon coat are not beautiful. But then Petey replied that he will do anything just to have a raccoon coat.
Then, the name Polly came into the mind of the narrator. . The narrator likes this girl named Polly. Polly is Petey's girlfriend. Polly is a girl who is beautiful and very gracious. But Polly is not intelligent.But the narrator puts into his mind that he can teach Polly about the things that Polly doesn’t know. The narrator asked Petey if he and Polly are in a relationship.But Polly said that they are not in a relationship. They only meet sometimes. Then, the narrator got a bag,placed some things in it and told Petey that he will go home.When he came back to the dormitory, the narrator brought a raccoon coat for Petey. Petey was delighted when he saw the coat and asked directly the narrator what could be the payment in exchange for the coat . Then the narrator told Petey that he will have the coat if he can have Petey’s girl, Polly. Petey doesn’t agree with him. But not long after, Petey could not stop his self, he really likes the coat. And so, he agreed with the narrator and they made a deal.Then, the narrator immediately asked Polly for a date out. First, he took Polly to eat dinner. After eating, Polly said, “Gee, that was a delish dinner,". Then he took her to a movie. "Gee, that was a marvy movie," she said as they left the theater. And then he took her home. "Gee, I had a sensaysh time," she said as she bade the narrator goodnight.He felt bad and decided to give Polly back to Petey but then he decided to try and teach Polly. He wants to teach Polly how to think.
In their next date, he took Polly to the Knoll and Talk. "Oo, terrif," said Polly after hearing that they’re going over to the Knoll and Talk. Polly asked what they will talk about and then he said that they will talk about logic."Logic," he said, clearing his throat, "is the science of thinking. Before we can think correctly, we must first learn to recognize the common fallacies of logic. These we will take up tonight."He taught Polly about fallacies and cited some examples but at first, Polly was confused and did not understand but in the last kind of fallacy, she was able to think and answer correctly. This fallacy was about “Poisoning the Well”.After that night, the narrator decided to ask Polly’s decision to go steady with him. But in every thing he said, Polly was able to answer him a fallacy that he taught her and he was really impressed. But Polly said that she will not go steady with him. She told him that she will go steady with Petey. Then the narrator compares his self to Petey. He said that he is brilliant and Petey is not but Polly told him that he is poisoning the well. The narrator then asked why she chooses Petey and she said that "He's got a racoon coat."