The three short stories I have read for free choice reading are, "The Return" By: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, "The Catbird Seat" By: James Thurber, and "The Sniper" By: Liam O'Flaherty. Now out of all these stories, none of them really "spoke to me"or even registered in my brain except "The Sniper."
The reason Ive chosen The Sniper as "the one" is because of its extreme attention to detail. Now, Im a stickler for detail, and no matter how many times I revise a paper, I always try to add more and more detail each time. The extreme detail in this story really painted a picture in my head, which is also a vital thing I must be able to grasp from a story in order to connect. The author used sentences like "the pitter patter of the machine gun bullets across the ground scattered it various directions, just barely missing me..." and my most favorite "as I duck to cover, I mercilessly turn over the body to reveal it's identity. As I glance to see my victims face, I find myself staring into the eyes of my brother....."
If you just read those previous paraphrases you now see what I mean about the vivid detail. The great detail also helps the story build plot structure and density making it a very import factor to include in all stories. So that was my story I plan to use in my analysis coming soon. I will continue to write and edit my future analysis during our time in reading "Lord of the Flies."
The Sniper sounds like a chilling, yet compelling story. You're right about the vivid details. Knowing you, you will stay committed to the paper throughout Lord of the Flies.
ReplyDeleteI've read both "The Sniper" and "The Return" too. "The Sniper" seemed like the second best story to do a thesis on and "The Return" seemed like the best to do a thesis on. "The Sniper" was ok, but I felt like it was one that didn't really "speak" to me. Well, it did a little, but not too much.
ReplyDeleteI agree none of my free reads truly spoke to me, but the sniper did the most so that is why I've just decided to use it and there is some things that I will be able to go off on and form some type of essay.
DeleteI've also read both "The Sniper" and "The Return". Out of the two I think I enjoyed "The Sniper" a lot more. I found "The Return" to be a little bit confusing at some points
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