People only have memories, but there is a new pleasure, like repetition, that Soren K. suggests to people. He says this pleasure comes from committing and living a simple life. This is what humans really want, but are too afraid of. Instead of looking for new and exciting love, Soren K. says it's better to wake up next to someone every morning knowing they'll always be there. This is the same advice the narrator gives to the troubled young poet in the book Rehearsal, but the young poet never understands. To continue, humans who believe in soulmates and seek the perfect, unattainable love offered by society will never be happy. The love that people are programmed to endlessly seek is an ideology, a false and cruel illusion. This is the kind of love idolized in movies; this is what they present as the reason for living. Love in The Great Gatsby is a good example of this. The poor man goes to great lengths to have the woman of his dreams in his arms, but even after all his trials, he never succeeds. She was never his, but he didn't want to let go. Another