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“An Angel” by Magaret Atwood was interesting to me. I read it a few times and I feel as if every time I read it, I caught something I hadn’t the time before. To start off, right out of the gates “I know what the angel of suicide looks like.” Immediately grabbed my attention; like a hit the ground running type feel. I then liked the bit about snow angels and how they are messengers from the future. From the part that says “This is what you will be,..” I get the impression the writer is some what religious and believes in afterlife and such. In the paragraph after that Magaret talks more about the angel of suicide and I found this part to be oddly humorous. “The angel of suicide is one of those who fell,… Or did she jump? With her you have to ask.” For me I thought it was ironic and funny in a weird way. I mean she is already an angel, from what I understand about angels, someone dies and then becomes angel so its funny that the writer portrays this angel in kind of a mortal way. And then at the end, “…you wouldn’t believe a thing she said if it weren’t for the wings.” reminded me of the classic idea of an angel. Most people have this thought that angels have wings and halos so on and so forth but I think a more mature idea of an angel is that it’s possible for them to not. Best example of this is that old show “Touched by an Angel”, the angels didn’t have wings they were just dressed in all white. Just something to think about, maybe the writer is aiming the piece at a younger audience?
ReplyDeleteThe opening paragraph of Loser made me visualize everything quite vividly. It made me feel like I was reading the introduction of a Marvel Comics story about how a hero came to acquire his powers. Moving along in the story I think “He had a desire to lick it” was just weird and out of place. The middle part of the story didn’t really interest me but the ending was sad. I did however notice with the way Bender described him feeling tugs from almost everything around him, his “power” wasn’t something he could turn on and off; seemed like it was always on. Back to the ending, it was sad. What I got from it was at first he tried to focus and find his parents, but when he felt no tugs or anything he started to think and feel as if maybe he was the one who was lost.
-Alfredo Montemayor
An Angel by Magaret Atwood. I had to read this short-short over and over again. I couldn’t get into it. From the title I thought this piece was going to be about a strong love connection. Reading the first sentence “I know what the angel of death looks like.” I immediately got taken aback by the story. I didn’t know if I wanted to read on. Then shortly after comes the suicide angel and others that the author describes. This piece was confusing for me. Not one of my favorite reading assignments. I couldn’t get the imagery or concept of the writing.
ReplyDeleteLoser by Aimee Bender. I really enjoyed reading this short-short story. The author starting the story off by letting us know how the boys parents had died. I tied the beginning to the ending. When the boys back in his room shutting his eyes, holding his shoulders and saying, “Where did you go? Come find me. I’m over here. Come find me. (Page 149) The boy was known for finishing peoples lost belongings and by him saying the quote I previously mentioned; he wants his parents to go and find him. The author mentioning the boy had skeptics and believers through me for a loop. The skeptic being the girl he took on a date. Then Mrs. Allen but she put her faith in him when her son Leonard went missing after school that one day. When the boy finds Leonard I assume he had a flashback of his father holding him like a bride and calling him “son.” Since he wanted to do that to Leonard. The boy was the same age as Leonard when he lost his parents. Eight years old. This piece of writing was just the right amount of information and kept me wanting to read and know more. Lastly, I didn’t understand the title of this story. I didn’t think of the boy as a loser. He’s lived a really tough life on his own. His neighborhood adopted him and he helped everyone out when they really needed it.
- Monica Barbosa
An Angel was a grim look into a light and usually positive figure. Reading the title alone sends images of what one would normally associate an angel with, usually committing good deeds. I like the fact that it does set the reader up with a title, setting up a mindset of an angel and then flipping it to be the kind that isn’t out to commit good works. This engages the reader, instead of having some preconceptions of where this story might go they are forced to continue on to find out more about who this angel of suicide is. The reference to other angels also adds to the grim tone. There is mentions of a variety of angels and biblical references that all make the reader feel intellectual, not being spoon fed the references but rather given to them under the assumption that this knowledge has already been known.
ReplyDeleteWith Loser, the title once again makes the reader backtrack and gain new understanding when finished with the story. The story itself flows great, it’s an easy read that doesn’t confuse in any part. The story is engaging, this boy with seemingly supernatural abilities is now tasked with finding something of great importance, not just mundane objects. The storytelling is well paced and one that I will reference in future personal works. It’s well paced, but still maintains a calm flow, not to slow, even during the climactic portion in which the boy is recovered from his kidnappers the action doesn’t speed up or build up.
Both of the short stories have great things to take from, but as mentioned before the titles is what stands out the most, more so with Loser. Readers find joy in finding new meaning in areas where they already thought they understood everything. In my writing I would like to bring that kind of surprise to my readers. Loser’s powerful ending is also going to be a point of reference for me. The author, pretty much comes full circle while encompassing other aspects of the story. There isn’t only one lost little boy and the fact that he can find everything except that which matters most to him.
- Alvaro Pulido
Magaret Atwood’s “An Angel” Is such an interesting story to read. She definitely does include a sense of humor in her story about suicide, which is much needed because this can be a very touchy subject for some people. In the beginning of the story she uses a lot of imagery all in one sentence so the readers can get a sense of what the classic angel looks like. But I noticed that throughout the story she gives little hints as to what the suicide angel looks like. Which is really good because we kind of form our own images of what the angel looks like. Because suicide affects us all differently. Atwood’s story is a very very short story which is good because she brings up all this emotion in just a short amount of time.
ReplyDeleteAimee Bender’s “Loser” is really dark. The whole story is written in a past tense so there is no real time dialogue happening, just his memories. Aimee Bender doesn’t give the boy a name but rather she gives his whole backstory about how his parents died in the ocean and how he has a special ability to seek lost stuff. She writes it like walking up a cliff, you keep building up the plot and then you reach the climax and it stops abruptly. She makes us realize that everything around us is lost. Everything around us is not where it is from. She brings in a variety of characters into her story which really enhances the whole notion that it is a story. I also feel like she meant for the power to be useless for the boy but super useful for everyone else. The power is kind of useless because you can’t really find the thing you miss the most, which are his parents.
-Lowen Sauceda
“An Angel” by Magaret Atwood expresses a simplistic view of what suicide is, the process that is. She explains that Suicide is smooth with no face. Maybe this is true because I could only imagine what attempting suicide feels like. It probably feels numb, and vague, just like the angel of suicide. She goes on to explain three types if suicides, soft chemical (pills), wrist cutting, and jumping off a bridge. She expresses these ways in a good way. “Wings” are used here in a sense of freedom. You tell yourself it’s going to be alright, because you’ll be at peace with yourself. So you too can have wings of your own and have that freedom. This is WHY people commit suicide.
ReplyDelete“Loser” by Aimee Bender was really interesting to read. The author used a lot of symbolism when it came to the young mans life. The young man had an ability to find objects, and people as well, from what it seems. Since the young boy lost his parents when he was little, its safe to say that he developed this ability to search. To look for his parents maybe. He is a very lonely boy, and he’d probably be a loser to most people out there because of his ability. In the end, he tried to be “the tug” so that in hopes that tug could help point his parents towards his direction. “ All he knew was the feeling of a tug…like a child at his sleeve.” “ He had a desire to lick it.” These are quotes to represent himself as a child. He was searching for himself, his younger self. He still had that piece of innocence that was still tugging at him from his past. He walked with him like a bride, or something like that. When you walk with a bride you let them hold your arm for security. He was leading the little boy back to his innocence. Or guiding him back. I also noticed that both he and the little boy were both eight years old when one was kidnapped and the other lost his parents. They were connected a lot more than they thought. Which is why he wanted to find this boy so badly, this little boy was him in the past. He was scared and lonely, in an awkward place without his parents. A place that is unfair and cruel, adulthood.
-Christopher Capello
In An Angel by Magaret Atwood she uses a lot of imagery in the beginning of this short story to describe the angel of suicide. She brought me in and piqued my curiosity as she continued describing the angel of suicide as something dark and unusual, not the ordinary angel one would usually think of. In this nearly menacing piece, I enjoyed her humor about the angel of suicide possibly jumping down to become the angel she is. Her dark humor was the cherry on top of a well written piece.
ReplyDeleteReading Loser by Aimee Bender made my heart heavy. Immediately she brings me into her story with the tragedy of a boy losing both his parents in the ocean. Giving the reader a mental image of their unexpected deaths, she describes the waves as being wild and how it left the boy alone on the beach. She gives her nameless character a unique but useful power that seems to be more of a bother to him. Despite having this power and having people who praise and believe in him, Aimee still makes this character a very lonely person. From the beginning of this reading being introduced as an orphan, till the end of this piece, this boy is alone. He is given this cruel power to find almost anything he can, but he will never have his parents. Bender truly knows how to end this piece on a heartbreaking note as she gives us the image of her main character squirming around his bed late at night. Asking "Where are you?" And "Where did you go?" He is possibly thinking of his deceased parents as he tries hearing the waves that killed them. Overall I enjoyed this reading. It was dark just like Magaret Atwood's An Angel, but a good read nonetheless.
-Brittany Garcia
At the beginning of “Angel”, Atwood mentions a sentence that I could not understand the first couple of times, but as I read the line over and over I was able to finally get a sense of feel of what she was talking about and why she worded it the way she did. “Much is made, in these pictures, of the feet, which are always bare, I suppose to show that angels do not need shoes: WALKERS ON NAILS AND LIVE COALS ALL OF THEM, ASPIRIN HEARTS, DANDELION-SEED HEADS, AIR BODIES.” Walkers on nails and live coals meaning no matter what type of angel, good or bad, they are all tough survivors. Aspirin heads meaning an agent to relieve the pain, any type of pain. Dandelion-seed heads which could be imagery to golden yellow flowers and rounded clusters of white hairy seeds. Not too sure why Atwood would compare a Dandelion to angels but it could resemble natural beauty. I admired this piece, it was nice to read, I admired her descriptive sentences. Short sentences with a lot of meaning, “All angels are messengers, and so is she; which isn’t to say that all messages are good.” As the reader, I put much thought into a simple sentence like this. Everyone loves a message but in reality, not all messages are good. After reading, I feel as if this angel she speaks of is a reflection of her own dark personality, some kind of illusion.
ReplyDeleteLoser by Aimee Bender was interesting, this story was clear and to the point. There was creativity but it was simple, simple as in not many use of metaphors or analogies. I wish I had this boy’s ability to find lost things! Anyways, this boy knew he had been able to find objects before but he doubted finding people, once he accomplished that I feel like the might of thought about reaching out to find his parents. This is where the author stops and has the reader think about the possibilities if the story continued. I liked this story but I think the author was a little dull and simple. She made it a bit too easy, my personal opinion. The ending did leave me thinking..
-Natasha Villarreal
I totally love this first story! “An Angel” by Magaret Atwood. It is very different in a sense where it is short; yet, it is very calling and interesting. Atwood’s form of use of description made absolute sense to the fact where it changes the way we view angels. I thought all angels were beautiful, some evil and others good, different sizes and colors, but to be honest this story gave me chills. Atwood, uses quite powerful techniques, for example her introduction, it was a hook, it sold the story itself. It made think that this Suicide angle had a double meaning in her personal life. She sort of reflects back to details of comparison within different angels. She threw me off with a few sentences that didn’t make no sense to me, for example “The latter is also a mushroom.” I searched it up and well, it was symbolism obviously, mushrooms on their bottom have ridges that look like latters, poisons ones.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I also loved the second story, “Loser” by Aimee Bender. I thought this was and unusual story because it has dialogue yet no quotations, not even when he the orphan adopted teenager talks to himself, or the conversation between the policeman, Mrs. Allen or the magical boy. This story had funny aspects to it, incredible imagination too. The title “Loser” to me does not mean defeated, but it means loss, tragic and hope/faith carry this story. Bender makes it sound like it’s a typical story we always hear or talk about. Although it is kind of long, it is not tiring to read nor confusing. It was very touching in away, every his parents bodies are still floating or on a shore alive stranded yet alive laying down or just in contact with water, therefore he could hear waves crashing.
Something I noticed of these stories is that, both mention “two types”. This specifically caught my attention, maybe to open our eyes for the different point of views. In the case for “An Angel,” Atwood gave us an option for whatever we wanted to interpret for the Other type of angel. For “Loser,” Bender gives us side to choose, I would fall under the “and” because I would be curious, yet I would believe in his powers.
-Maria J. Salinas
The required readings for the next class session I found both to be very interesting in very different ways. An Angel I believe was a great story that makes you think if what he is saying might actually be true. Everyone is use to seeing angels as pure and beautiful instead of messengers of good and bad. The reading describes different types of angels even the ones you make as snow angel that reflects the angel within you. It got me thinking that there are many things that can be done with fiction stories. You can really work with them in a matter that makes each story get the reader attached and fully interested in your story to want to continue reading. As a short shorts story this story I believe was of a great example that you don’t need many words to describe your thoughts and you can really put in a beginning, middle, and end and make it all work. The second story, Loser I saw what the author was trying to do with the title but I really thought it could use something different something that will just make it all come together. In my mind this story had a very interesting way of catching the readers attention. For being a short shorts story it was very to the point and elaborated to where anyone could understand it. It made gave me ideas on how fiction can be written for kid stories as well. The way these authors wrote there stories gave me many ideas on how to be able to express myself while being short and to the point without leaving out details or the beginning, middle, or end. Sometimes it is very difficult to make up a story because you can leave out certain details or elaborating with to many details that you pass the word limit. I was very worried to write about short stories for the way our past reading described them, but as these authors expressed themselves I got a little more excited to work with these kind of ideas and be creative in many different ways.
ReplyDelete-Alicia Lucio
The titles of the pieces were both deceiving. At first, like other students, I assumed that they were going to be happy stories. Probably because I’ve never read a short dark story. Nonetheless, both stories were interesting to me and had different elements of appeal.
ReplyDeleteIn "An Angel", by Margaret Atwood, the character speaks to the audience of the angel of suicide. I liked how she gave personality to the Angels, as well as giving them a “job.” Technically, there are a lot of angels, so who is to say they are not all in charge of something specifically? We always tend to think of angels as flawless, beautiful, and always happy, but once again we are deceived. I found it ironic how the angel of suicide “fell” from heaven. In the bible, the fallen angels are those who disagreed with God, those who believed they could be different. It got me thinking that maybe those who commit suicide are “the fallen” of the Earth. Ultimately, those who commit suicide commit it because they feel like they don’t belong. In this example, society would play God, telling them that they were different and for that they should be punished. The angel of suicide also seems to tempt those who see her. I like how the author didn’t give her a face, it adds to the trance she gives her prey. However, the last line about wings left me questioning the piece. Was she real or not?
"Loser," by Aimee Bender, was an interesting story. The first thing I noticed about the piece was the structure. I wondered why it was that she didn’t use quotations for any of the characters speaking, but I felt like it gave it a more personal touch. The main character is given a cruel power to be able to find lost objects, however he is the one that is lost. I felt the little boy symbolized him, and how all he really wanted were his parents. Unlike the little boy, he wasn’t able to be taken back to his parents because they were gone. A part of him died when his parents passed away. The end of the story makes me believe that he is thinking about death and ultimately suicide.
- Alyssa Ramos
“An Angel” by Magaret Atwood started off with Atwood acknowledging the angel of suicide. Atwood states that the angel’s presence is around, which instantly led me to believe that the writer has fought suicidal thoughts or has lost loved ones to this angel. In this writing, angels are described as messengers, and how there are good and bad messages. In the rest of Atwood’s writing, she very descriptively discusses the angel of suicide’s physical appearance. Atwood uses a short backstory, with some comedic additions, so the writer can picture the angel of suicide vividly. Since this is not a commonly discussed angel, this greatly helps the writing since a majority of readers would assumedly not have knowledge on this subject.
ReplyDelete“Loser” by Aimee Bender was a very interesting read. The story starts off in a negative tone, an orphan that just lost his parents, but by the end of the story, he is a boy that can find just about anything. It is a story where an orphan has the incredible power of smell and uses it to find lost things. One interesting point was with Mrs. Allen. It is ironic, since she was a skeptic, that she ended up in a situation where the orphan would be the hero in finding his lost boy. This could be taken in different points of view to reflect several lessons of reaching out or even helping out those that don’t support you.
Throughout the story, the parents were never brought up except for in the beginning. But, the orphan did not forget about them simply. In subtle hints, the writer pieces things together to tie the story to the final ending. From moments like where the orphan is carrying Leonardo home, it sets off a flashback for him, assumedly of his father carrying him. I would assume that since the orphan compared it to a baby being cradled, and him wanting to mutter the word “son” as well. For the ending of the story, you can connect some of his final words “Where did you go? Come find me.” to his parents, whom had been lost to the waves.
-Jesus Pena
I really enjoyed reading An Angel because it’s an emotional piece created very differently than your usual “I’m sad”. The author incorporated a lot of imagery and description of the suicide Angel to use as a metaphor to her thoughts of suicide. “Rebellion, that’s what she has to offer, to you, when you see her beckoning to you from outside the window, fifty stories up, or the edge of the building, or holding something to you, some emblem of release, soft chemical, quick metal.” Was very intense and that is what I over all what I liked about her piece as well her sentence structure and her play of words kept me wanting to read more and more. I rate this a 5 out of 5 stars!!!!
ReplyDeleteLoser was very confusing to me. The idea and the story of it was creative and it only kept me reading so I can find the purpose of it and I personally could not find it. Aside from that it was very heartwarming how the main character finds the little boy and brings him back to the mother even though she thought it was silly the young man had this gift. “Crossing his hands in front of himself, he held his shoulders. Concentrated hard, he thought. Where are you? Everything felt blank and quiet. He couldn’t feel a tug. He squeezed his eyes shut and let the question bubble up: Where did you go? Come find me. I’m over here. Come find me.” I could be wrong but perhaps the young man was not content with his skills because he was unable to find people like he could find lost things? And people are precious items we should keep close to our hearts and fight for if we are ever losing them, essentially apply effort to avoid losing people. Story line was well thought of but I do not know this story was very vague to me as it got me very confused.
-Priscilla Pena
I can see that “An Angel” is structured very poetic and with plenty of figurative sentences to come across a point I am trying to understand. Atwood spend her piece describing the concept of angels and one angel in particular –the angel of suicide. Atwood turned suicide into a person and in her line on page 145 “You wouldn’t believe a thing she said if it weren’t for the wings.” I think she is trying to say that despite whatever evil this person may have or immoral ways, the wings has people still listening and following any form of rebellion. Life is meant to live and the rebellion behind it is to ends one life to the escape of suicide. Suicide is the final exit and a way of playing God in a way because one has decided for him or herself when their life is to end. In those situations people always question and wonder but it was the “beauty” of that escape in one’s mind. Much like in her piece where this angel who is perhaps some corrupted person can be that some people still follow and become apart of that angels “pack” but she is refusing and not letting the wings (that high pedestal that individual seems to have been placed on) fool her as those wings fooled the others. AS for “Loser” it seems to have been written to give a reader a story behind the psychology in an individual who faced a traumatic event. At least I think so.
ReplyDelete-Lisa M Serna
In “An Angel” by Magaret Atwood, I did not expect this piece to be so dark. The title led me to believe it would be positively spiritual and about hope. I did not enjoy this reading because it was so bland and tasteless in my opinion. However, for being a short writing it was powerful. I felt like I had a rain cloud over my head throughout the reading. Atwood compares the angel of suicide to very bad things, “…for instance, the angel of lung cancer, the angel of seizures, the destroying angel.” These comparisons really set the tone of the writing. I would thing Atwood wrote this piece to express her hardships in life and what it felt like to go through them. This is what a good writer should do which is incorporate past personal experiences that have a positive or negative feeling so the reader can get a taste of it. This will also aid in the writer as it will hook the reader into the piece and keep them looking forward towards the next line. Atwood also makes great usage of imagery when describing the angels; I actually enjoyed that line because she described them so well.
ReplyDelete“Loser” by Aimee Bender was a peculiar story in my opinion. It had the same tone and attitude as “As Angel”. Both had a dark and gloomy tone throughout the story. Also like the previous story, both authors had great usage of imagery. When Bender describes the boy in the beginning and how his parents were tragically killed she paints a perfect image in the readers head. This then creates the emotion and feeling of the story due to it being an unfortunate event for the young boy. Despite being lonely, the boy finds a light through his odd talent of finding things. As he helps find a young lost boy and returns him to his mom. He reminds of K9 that can sniff out items and find them. Overall, I liked this story better than the first one.
-Brandon Garcia
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ReplyDeleteWhile reading “An Angel” I first realized maybe I would read a story about someone being an angel to someone or some god given angel sent from Heaven to possibly help someone. The imagery of the Angel of suicide captivated me immediately. First being described was our normal angels that we are used to seeing or hearing about and it was so interesting to even get the story of what could have happened to the angel of suicide as to why she is the way she is. What sentence really stood out to me through the story was, “The angel of suicide is one of those who fell, down through the atmosphere to the earth’s surface. Or did she jump? With her you have to ask.” I think the reason the sentence resonated some much with me is because of the idea of the angel of suicide being of one who committed suicide but I guess also at the same time falling from grace. Which is a perfect imagery. I think the description of the angel’s face also was a great element that was used to show, well to me, the burden of going out on your own. It’s deception at its finest, I would assume at your last moment you’ll believe you’re being helped by such creature and then knowing exactly why she’s here.
ReplyDeleteIn “Loser” I honestly believed it was about to be about a nerdy kid instead I get a young man who in essence finds a missing boy. I loved the character of the young man, he was abandoned and left to the community it shows with how a part of him went missing but gained something new. I think the entire story he is probably still looking for answers of his parents, exactly what happened. The story and imagery was great, the journey of finding just a simple brush to being believed or not by others, to actually finding a human. He obviously can’t find humans but he was able to find the shirt that was on him which helped find him.
I believe in both stories what really stands out is the titles. The titles both can give you a common idea of what the story could be about but once you actually read it, you realize you are wrong and see something new. What a way to get the reader to get what they didn’t expect.
Victoria Benavidez
The story Loser by Aimee Bender made me think the character isn't a loser but a young man with the oddest gift. He may be a loser to the community but some do like his gift. Reading that he lost his parents at age eight, reminded me of batman. I thought he was going to become a rich dude. Instead maybe this story is about a hero. A hero who saves a boy from the dangers and scary guys who kidnapped him just for a green type of emerald rock. The girl he dates thinks he is a loser trying to impress her on being able to sniff out items and lost keys and hairbrushes. It is hard for him to explain the reality of his truth but what can he do? The skeptics, there is always skeptics. They learn to appreciate him a bit because he was able to find the lost boy. The mother of the kidnapped boy was a skeptic but decided why not call him? So this plot reminds me of those super hero movies where the characters seem like losers but in reality they are more than that. They aren't your typical average person in the streets. If you treat them nice they will be there for you. The ending in a way confused me but I do get he is still trying to understand his gift and where he came from. Something is calling to him and I like to think nature is trying to help him find answers. Interesting story.
ReplyDeleteIn the Angel by Magaret Atwood, she describes a world of different angels made for what seems to be every thing that occurs in life. There is an angel of cancer, an angel of seizures, and the main one she talks about is the angel of suicide. It appears to me that this person has a gift of seeing angels and the angel that stands out the most to her is the suicide angel. I get the idea that maybe the suicide angel is capturing the narrator's attention to try to lure him/her to think of suicide. With the line," Rebellion, that's what she has to offer, to you, when you see her beckoning to you from outside the window, fifty stories up, or the edge of the bridge, or holding something out to you, some emblem of release, soft chemical, quick metal." An "emblem of release" as in saying it is okay to end your life. To me the angel having no face encourages those who see her that it is quick and easy and there is no need to explain how easy it is to let go. That's what I think. I like the fictional angels the author created.
-Adelisa Fuentes
I really enjoyed the piece “Angel” by Magaret Atwood, the way she has a description of angels, and how they are always around brings peacefulness to my mind. I like her description on the two types of angles; from my perspective – what I picked up from the authors description of the angels is that the ones who have fallen are the suicide ones, it got me thinking – there are several ways for someone to fall and when they commit suicide you either go to hell or to heaven. I’m thinking they go both ways, either or. And maybe this is what Atwood was trying to get at, they are a beautiful rebellion angel which makes it beautiful. I enjoyed this piece.
ReplyDelete“Loser” I feel the author Aimee Bender had a lot more of words that would make a short story good, the title loser, had me thinking ok it’s about someone who feels like a loser; but it really goes in depth with so many words (which in my opinion isn’t a bad thing). I absolutely love this, “…the word lonely and how it sounded and looked so lonely, with 2 l’s in it each stand tall by their self. This piece got me thinking because while the character may have felt lonely, or alone , he had already done so much by saving this boy whose mother was worried for. In my book, and hopefully the authors too – he wasn’t just a loser. He was an invisible hero.
-arianna tabares