In the story “This Is How You Fail to Ghost Him,” the author showcases the negative impacts that desperation for external love can have on one’s self-respect through the use of second-person point of view & specific word choices. During the date with the “Playmobil boy” at the pizza place, we learn about the protagonist’s internal thoughts after responding to the boy’s comment about pizza: “Nod as he says, I just really really love pizza, because that is the required response” (McCurdy). The use of the word “required” indicates that the main character didn’t genuinely want to give that…