Structure

Harvey's stories generally feel loose in structure and focusing more on capture the realism or accuracy of an event. A story may end without a resolution, where the character doesn’t seem to learn anything other than just gaining an experience. To pull another example from Love Story, the story ends where Harvey feels good after having sex with a prostitute, character wise he doesn’t experience any repercussions or learn any lesson. At the end of the story he states that it was “a day like all others” (Pekar 11).

By structuring his story this way the audience is able to feel more attached because the characters feel real and they can relate more to these stories since they reflect what happens in everyday life. To some, Harvey’s life may not be so ‘everyday’ and his experiences and interaction maybe seem foreign to people, so his stories aid in recording a specific lifestyle and culture.