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Coraghessen Boyle’s short story “The Hit Man” is a creative take on a short story. I enjoyed how Boyle wrote it in small chunks. Each section highlighted a key point in in the Hit Man’s life. He wore black with matching colored hood since his early years giving the character an even more mysterious vibe aside from the fact that we only get to read extremely concise chunks of small portions in his life. However, because of this the story almost felt like I was reading a summary rather than a story. I still think it was interesting take on writing. At the end of the story, when the Hit Man dies, it talks about his son and how he puts on the same type of outfit that the Hit Man wore throughout his life showing a cyclical style of ending. The only thing I didn’t quite understand was the “Peas” clipping. It states that the Hit Man doesn’t like peas. Not much else. The writer later brings back a reference to the peas when a waitress forgets to “eliminate” them from his plate so he eliminates her. But I still don’t see if there was anything else to take from the peas section.
ReplyDelete“A Kind of Flying” by Ron Carlson is about a man in the carpeting business who marries a photographer who travels. The most important part of the story is the day of the wedding, fifteen minutes before, when Brady, the wife-to-be, takes the wedding cake into the middle of the road in front of a church to take a photo of it. As she’s adjusting her camera a crow swoops in and snatches the small groom figurine from atop the cake and whisks it away into the sky. I initially thought this was going to be something metaphoric about the marriage going to ruin later, but the story ended with them having three children and life being good. The ending explains marriage as not something you would expect, but more of an adventure.
-Ryan Bluhm
Starkey is including a variety of writing styles with in the “Short-short” story. The Hit Man by T. Coraghessan Boyle was set up in a bizarre way. It seemed more like a characterization outline rather than a story. I am still not sure what to make of it. I keep expecting to simply walk away from this piece completely undisturbed and that it would be utterly forgettable but I have an easy time recalling the Hit Man’s life. The author must’ve employed some type of memory technique with it. I am struggling with why I could remember something so trivial that didn’t even get an emotional rise out of me. I wonder if this story had a similar effect on anyone else. It’s not that I don’t like or that I do- I just thought it was okay. The subtitles were an interesting add in. I like this pattern but I’m not too sure that I’d be able to pull it off. This is all part of the memorization technique and it made the piece feel like study notes rather than a story. The strange thing is I am curious about trying it myself even though I think it gave the story a text-book tone.
ReplyDeleteA Kind of Flying by Ron Carlson was alright. It gave off the tone of an uncle who likes to talk a lot at those family get togethers. This did not seem like a Short-short because the jump in time takes us through twenty years of marriage and the first part of the story was a huge flash back. Both stories cover vast amounts of a person’s life in a condensed amount of writing space. I wasn’t completely attached to this story either. I remember it fairly easy but I didn’t feel as in vested. The most anxiety I got with this piece was when I thought the bride to be was going to get run over. It was a feel good piece and I actually like it more than Hit Man because it’s relatable. But the format of Hit Man was more intriguing.
I’d like to come up with a “Short-short” that is centered in more of a moment that utilizes the format of sub-titled paragraphs. One day.
~ Brenda Gomez
Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Hit Man” is a very peculiar piece. The way it is written it highlights the hit man’s most important points in his life and gives a brief description about it. Boyle refrains from giving the hit man a name other than “The Hit Man” which is good because it gives the story a kind of air of mystery. Which, I guess, is ideal because hit man aren’t really supposed to have an identity which is why he wears that black hood all the time. If we knew who the hit man was then he can be easily traced back to him and be arrested. I kind got the feeling that the Hitman was kind of supposed to be death, it kind of touches on the fact that even death goes through the circle of life. Death grew up, had a son and then died, and the son is going to become death and the cycle starts all over again. Boyle also includes a three headed dog which is obviously Fluffy whom is a Cerberus, who guards the gates of the underworld. Which kind of ties into the whole notion that he might just be death or some other dark figure.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading Ron Carlson’s “A Kind of Flying” it’s a sudden change of tone from the Hitman. It’s kind of annoying that Carlson just throws out names and characters without like introducing them, so I found myself having to go back and forth to figure out who these people are. I really like the whole notion of flying, they talk about the crow that stole the groom and in the end brandy compared marriage to a kind of flyting which is the exact title, so I really love how it all just kind comes together into one big circle. The story is mostly taken place in a flash back of brady’s life, to when she first married, to their lives in between and up to trina’s wedding. This piece really made me think about how I don’t want a mundane life and spend my life slaving away and giving birth to three children. Then you look at Linda’s life who travels a lot and seems like she’s having a lot of fun, but I guess to each their own.
-Lowen Sauceda
The “Hit Man,” was a very odd short story to me. It actually didn’t seem like a story to me at all. Boyle seems to only summarize the highlights or memories of the Hit Man and put them into a story outline with each memory having its own chapter. I was intrigued at the beginning because I wanted to find out who the Hit Man was, but is seemed we only got to know less and less about him. I also liked how the author used the word “waste” or “eliminate” as another word for kill, it made it seem not as harsh. The hood worn by the Hit Man automatically made me think of a Robin Hood figure, some kind of underdog, but we soon learn its his job and he really is the bad guy. When the 3 headed dog (Cerberus) is mentioned it got me thinking that maybe the character symbolized death. Death was everywhere in the characters life, his father was a mortician, he was a Hit Man, and his son was to take his place while he was on his death bed.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed “A Kind of Flying,” because unlike the “Hit Man,” it had a message. This was actually a story (even though it jumped back and forward a few years). The details give the characters actual character traits, like the bride being hard headed and wanting to take a picture and the sister in law always thinking she knows best. I actually thought the bride was going to get crashed into by a truck, but it turns out it was just birds attacking the wedding cake. I personally found that part very amusing because it’s just a very girly thing to do, and to be completely honest I would have screamed as well. Though I haven’t gotten married, I found it very metaphoric how the groom told his niece that getting married is like “some kind of flying.” Sometimes you do lose your head, but that’s just life. Like anything you will have your ups and downs, and it definitely doesn’t look like a piece of cake.
-Alyssa Ramos
I read T.C. Boyle’s “The Hit Man” three times and each time it did not get easier to understand. I’m still not sure whether the main character was actually a hit man or something else, but I do want to lean more towards the side that yes he was an actual hit man. This short story was weird for me. It was hard to follow with all the jumping around. I feel as if it did technically go in chronological order but it felt choppy. I did like format, it was cool and different how Boyle did all the sections with separate titles within the actual piece. I feel as if there is some kind of importance around the sentence “ The priest wears black. So does the Hit Man.” Boyle used it twice but in differing scenarios so I’m sure there is a double meaning hidden somewhere however I did not quite catch exactly what it is. Overall, it was a cool short story, slightly confusing but interesting none the less.
ReplyDeleteRon Carlson’s “A Kind of Flying” was boring to me. I had to go over a couple parts multiple times to find out who was who or which character was talking. Maybe because the piece itself was closer to a romantic than anything I just could not get into it. I will however say I think there is all kinds of literary elements hidden in the story. I found it very coincidental how at the beginning the author used the word “bliss” in some dialogue and then later we see one of the mentioned military bases to be “Fort Bliss”. Could be nothing but maybe there’s a connection or subliminal meaning behind that. Another aspect I thought was neat was how at the end of the story the author takes the earlier scene where the crow takes the groom from the cake and turns it into this elaborate life/marriage definition. I also like when stories have the title in the actual text. Initially I did not think the story was going to be about what it was about I thought it would be about actually flying, nonetheless I thought the title went well with the text but only after I read the story.
-Alfredo Montemayor
The first thing I noticed about “The Hitman” by T. Coraghessan Boyle was before I even started reading the writing. The story was divided into sections about parts of the hitman’s life instead of by paragraphs, quite similar to a timeline. The writing composes of great language right from the start in the early years to give the reader the visual that the hitman has always been on the bad side. Throughout the story, the writer adds extra lines to emphasize the darkness of the hitman’s life. In the end, the hitman’s son is trying on his first hitman attire after his father’s passing, clearly showing him following his father’s footsteps and completing the circle, and possibly starting a new one.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the story was structured and how it captured the moments that are valued important such as marriage, first child, and even death. Though I did find myself questioning the story, I could never really find out what sort of “hitman” he is. Is he really a hitman? If so, why hasn’t he been arrested? What does it mean when he “wastes” them, if not kill? I feel the writer makes you slide the hitman to the good or bad side, as he can be seen doing some kind gestures in ironic ways, it is up to the reader to judge whether it was a good or malicious move.
“A Kind of Flying” by Ron Carlson was an enjoyable read in where the writer tells his story of his marriage and the experience of their wedding day. The bride’s sister, Linda, can be seen as the antagonist of the story, and is constantly challenging Carlson’s marriage. Throughout the story, the language spoke to me in a traditional storytelling sort of way. I could hear the author speaking to me, with lots of pride, when talking about his marriage. Best explained on the 2nd page of the story, when comparing Linda’s marriage to his. It is clear that the writer is satisfied with how his life turned out, and proud of it, though, through the tasks he was faced.
-Jesus Pena
As I was reading “the Hit Man” it was quite captivating to me. I can understand why the writing style isn’t such an ideal one for most people because it’s just little chunks all put together to just create a bigger chunk of the Hit Man’s entire existence. To me it reads like a journal entry, the quick essence or writing to jot down exactly what happened and how it happened. I could see how problematic it would be to read something that technically doesn’t read like a story but in all of that it’s a story of life and death with a lot of death. It’s like the story of a grim reaper who starts off young and goes all the way until his own death by his own grim reaper. It’s pretty symbolic if you ask me. I enjoyed the process of everyone he met and seeing them all just slowly go why he was there having a child who would do as just he did and watch everyone else go just like him.
ReplyDeleteWith “A Kind of Flying,” I actually didn’t enjoy the story at all. I understood the idea of the idea of flying as an adventure of marriage and what not, what their life became. I just could not get into the story at all. I mean it’s a clean story, the structure is easy to follow it’s just I would just say it but a flat out story of nonsense that really doesn’t flatter me at all. Plus in an odd way I always loved the idea of death and what not so I can see as to why I liked The Hit Man a lot more than a story about a bunch of people’s lives in a story that isn’t exactly great. It’s just another story, that’s what I am getting to. And with Hit Man you get something abnormal that’s not your everyday, “yeah let’s see how their life ends up,” story. It's a catchy title though, I can give it that.
-Victoria Benavidez
The Hit Man was a very different type of story, although we have read other short stories that have been somewhat obscure and confusing, they have at least ended with some type of understanding. I cannot say that I understand the story completely but the fact that it leaves the reader wanting to return to the start and read the story again is something that I find to be interesting. Having a great story that you understand the first time around is fantastic but when you can re read a story and find new information makes it a challenge, it is a style that I would employ to keep my works interesting. Another Part of the story that I found to be worth noting was that small details, that seemed irrelevant came back later in the story to play some type of role. For instance, the girl that he takes out or the peas. All this builds an environment and adds character depth. Often times, in my writing I find myself adding to many details and the piece sometimes just drags along. Adding detail and having it play some kind of role seems to add to the story and make every part meaningful.
ReplyDeleteA Kind of Flying started off sort of bland but ended in a very meaningful and beautiful way. I enjoyed the pace, it made me think that I could employ this sort of slow, at times, dull pace that picked up. I will say that some parts were a little confusing, the amount of names thrown in the short amount of space did require me to go back and start over. Reading back on Starkey’s advise of fiction, the portion of the book where it advises to adhere from too many characters in such a short piece, I was able to see what this can do to a story. Although it didn’t take away too much from the short story I will be sure to avoid an over abundance of characters. Finally, what really resonated with me the most was the fact that it was all very grounded, people being superstitious, the way life works, and how some people just like to cause problems.
-Alvaro Pulido
In T. Coraghessan Boyle, “ The Hit Man” sets the mood to be very sad. Opens up with saying that the hit man had been veiled with a blacl bag over his head, shielding anything visible or “light” possible. This exposed Hit Man to only what he could see in the darkness. He also clearly has a mental disorder where he seems to try and control the situation. The three-headed dog that he pets during the fire he started, is symbolism for Cerebus, the three-headed dog guarding the gates of hell in Greek Mythology. So there is some type of satanic-feel to the story. Also, the mention of “hood” is mentioned a lot in this story. The Grim-Reaper carries a “sythe” and kills people with it. Hit man wastes people, which also means kill. This also raises another question of nature vs nurture.
ReplyDeleteRon Carlson’s “ A Kind of Flying” honestly this story confused me. I was getting lost with the characters and I couldn’t get into it.
-Christopher Capello
The Hit Man reminded me of a case study, only instead of going into his past we see pieces of his life from a third person point of view but not from another character’s point of view. It creates a mysterious feel and left me wondering about everything in between. In “A kind of Flying” the author took a type of creative structure by using a wedding of a character to lead up to a creative way of describing marriage in the story. It was creative because the author uses an event in the story to create a perspective for the character. It was interesting how Carlson decided to create a character who takes heart into what his marriage is and how the character admires the work his wife puts into her photography and how much the character does to support it. Carlson didn’t create the typical scenario where a man is the one to always eave for work or business.
ReplyDeleteLisa Marie Serna
The Hit Man by T. Coraghessan Boyle. I read this story twice and I still don’t understand the concept of it. I understand the Hit Man’s son is following in his father’s footsteps at the end of the story. It mentions that the Hit Man saying to his four-year-old son “You’re going to make the Big Leagues, Tiger.” (page 151) Also, when he was going to pick up his future wife Cynthia on their first date. Why would the Hit Man give her father $20.00? The story was a little vague I didn’t get where some of the characters came from. Like Mateo Maria Buñoz. I see the resemblance where the author says throughout the story “A priest wears black and so does a hit man.” I took that as a holy man such as a priest wears black and is shadowed and known for doing no wrong. Then a Hit Man who kills people, or does what they do, also wearing black. Doing the complete opposite as a priest.
ReplyDeleteA Kind of Flying by Ron Carson. I thought this story was cute. Brady let his wife fulfill her dreams by traveling all over the world to take pictures and become the photographer that she always wanted to be. When his niece goes into is carpet store and asks for wedding advice to see what its all about. This story made me feel happy inside. I thought it was going to be a disaster when the cake was in the middle of the road. When the crows were doing to dismantle the top of the cake. I feel like this story has a deeper message but I just can’t figure it out. I’m leaning towards the family aspect and value. When the sister in the beginning of was telling Brady that he couldn’t have a certain song or have the wedding the way they wanted. I guess all the pressure from a wedding and everyone wants to have an input in everything that’s going on for that special day. Then lending the helping hand telling you want you need to hear.
- Monica Barbosa
In “The Hit Man” by Coraghessan Boyle, the structure of this fiction writing is unique. Boyle titles events that occur in story as if they are chapters; instead they are a paragraph and sometimes a sentence long. I really enjoyed the structure in the writing, as it is something I have never seen before. It gave the reader a heads up of what to expect and if the titles are intriguing enough it will hook the readers and make them keep reading. This is a very good tactic by Boyle and if done correctly, the writer will greatly benefit. Boyle also makes us of the imagery element, as he describes the details of the hit man and his gloomy life. I like how Boyle goes outside the box, as the hit man is relentless by killing his own father and such. The author also does a great job of creating a dark and gloomy tone in the story.
ReplyDeleteIn “A Kind of Flying” by Ron Carlson, I didn’t enjoy this story and to be honest it bored me. I did not like the structure or organization of this story. I was also getting confused with the characters, which goes back to the structure that I did not like. The simile at the was a great way to end the story though “Sometimes it pinches like a birds mouth.” That is a great way to describe the narrators feelings in the story.
-Brandon Garcia
“The Hit Man”, written by T. Coraghessan Boyle, was a very interesting structured short fiction story. For this story, what I like was that the structure itself caught my attention, then leading to the fact that Boyle introducing subtitles that always had something to say about this Hit Man, through out his history. This story made me question if Boyle as writing this hide messages within words, I had to read it twice to understand more of this different structure and event on the Hit Man. For example Boyle in this story uses the word “waste,” meant killing or just actual hitting whatever character it corresponds to. Also another reason why this story made me question the Hit Mans actions/ Boyle writing was the way Boyle captivates the importance for each subtitle section, some are at least a paragraph length and others were one sentence long.
ReplyDeleteThe second story, “A Kind of Flying,” by Ron Carlson, was a fluent story, normal to my aspect, with quotations from the characters words and much more realistic than “The Hit Man” in a sense. I got confused a bit with who was telling the story, other than that it was descriptive. What I like about this short story is that is starts off in past, the husband explaining what happens at that moment and this shifts to current present and back to the past and ends up with the present.
What I saw as similarity in both stories is that they had the skill of repetition and symbolism. “The Hit Man,” repeated the words: black, hood, wasted, and a sentence twice. The symbolism for this story stood for death, foreshadowing, and maybe the influence of the Hit Mans childhood. For the second story the bird took a lot of meaning for it connects to the title of this story, “A Kind of Flying.” The sister first mentions, “…two birds. Two crows,” and later on in the story Brady even asks her husband if he believes in symbolism, moving towards the idea of how marriage ties together and with the last sentence of this story, it is kind of flying. Gave me the idea of struggle that tied up with dream and the realistic world.
-Maria J. Salinas
Many things caught my attention about the required readings that were needed to be done before the next class session. First of all the format The Hit Man was written in I believe was something that caught the attention of all readers. I thought this way of writing was very different and creative, something that I might like to try if I ever find myself wanting to write or express my thoughts the same way as this author did. The way they broke it up gave you an understanding oh how the hit mans life was changing and what his actions. The language this author used away made this story very interesting to read and caught my attention. The characters and setting made the reader picture what was going from start to finish and get a good understanding on the base of the story. I found this story to be a great example on another way to write a fiction story. A Kind of Flying was a biter sweet love story. I had to read it multiply times because every time I found myself liking more of the story and finding more details that just made this story so interesting and a great read. The language, characters, as well as the setting help imagine this story to detail and understand what the author was expressing. The ending of this story I believe was to be my favorite. It sounded as if it was something that I wanted to say at my wedding, or if it was the words I wanted to express to my future boyfriend that I grow to love in a great amount. It made the story come together, as the way the character was expressing the wedding and each detail. Between these stories there was great differences, but I don’t believe we always have to find a connection between the two. Instead view how the authors use different strategies to tell fiction stories. As a writer these two stories have been of great example and have given me a different way of viewing strategies to write a story. From the language, character, setting, and even format usage.
ReplyDelete-Alicia Lucio
In the Hit man by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the short story was written in a story line plot form type which reminded me of a movie. I pictured the images that were translated to me from the story. The author made a strange chain of events of the hitmans story and what he went through. A lot of it didn't make any sense at all like how he just seemed to kill out of anger. Any one who pissed him off and made him angry he would waste right then and there. Then he gave the father of Cythia money as he picked her up for a date. No words were exchanged and it was like he borrowed the daughter. He did strange things like that. Including the wino that bothered him and he handed him the grand and wasted the wino. Had me laughing like wow, he really loves wasting those who annoy and piss him off. Yet he managed to get a wife and kid being a unstable person. He came off as disciplined even when he taught his son Tae Kwon Do and life throwing skills his son mastered. He led an interesting life and it made me remember how everyone is raised different and how everyone thinks so differently. It reminds me of how some individuals lead a secret life and live that kind of life. It is possible.
ReplyDeleteIn the A Kind Of Flying by Ron Carlson, he writes about a newly wed couples memory of their wedding day and how it all went wrong. From my understanding the cake was ruined and it was too late to replace it with a new one. The groom had a battle with the crows who took the grooms piece tiny statue in it's beak and flew away with it. The cake was not protected I guess. But it was a funny memory for them and back to the future it was of him talking about it.The couple now have three boys and they live a happy life. The wife Brady is a photographer and the husband just stays home. It is funny when the wife sees birds flying and tells the husband "there you go".
Both stories characters lead different lives but are parents themselves. They relate in surviving life differently and manage to keep the positive and okay matter the negatives. Thats what I pick up from these stories.
-Adelisa Fuentes
The unusual style in Coraghessan Boyle's The Hit Man presents a journal entry like composition to tell the life story of a troubled man referred to only as the hit man. In chronological order, Boyle describes the hit man's childhood, romantic life, his kills, dislikes, moods, father hood, work, and death. He manages to condense years worth of information in a different way which allowed him the availability to mention only what was most important in his character's criminal dark life. This writing style seems a little risky for me even though I do think Coraghessan provides us with a good example of how it could work.
ReplyDeleteA Kind of Flying by Ron Carlson was dull to me however as the story continued to develop, it grew on me. Carlson introduces a few characters and provides enough background information in the short story for each character. As I was reading, it was clear to me this short was about marriage. From the start, Ron takes us back to the beginning, before the couple wedded. As we learn about the couples plans to get married, Ron mentions a couple complications they faced before their wedding. Complications like a disapproving family member and a destroyed wedding cake that never actually made it to the ceremony. Despite all that, they wed. After reading his wedding day flash back, we are brought back to real time, 20 years later. Briefly catching us up on the characters he mentions in the beginning, we get caught up on their lives. Wrapping the story up we learn Linda, the disapproving family member, is expecting a wedding for her oldest daughter. Seeking advice, the daughter approaches the husband were he uses his wedding day story to provide the advice. The last paragraph is what really won me over and would not have been understood had I skipped the seemingly dull parts in the beginning. He had good structure, taking us back in time, then back to present time to give marriage advice that made sense.
- Brittany Garcia
These are among the first two stories that we've read that I didn't outright enjoy the first time I read them. With "The Hit Man" I'm still kind of confused about the direction the author was headed. It kind of seems like a bunch of random situations detailing the way in which a hit man would deal with them. I found some of the situations funny such as the man asking him for money and he giving him all of his loot and then killing him. as for "A Kind of Flying" I had to reread the story to understand the perspective of the author. I felt kind of foolish for not realizing the author of the story was male. In reading the story for a second time I found a sense of appreciation for the sacrifice the author/carpenter made in order for his wife to live the life that her sister predicted she would miss out on. It almost made me feel like the love the author and his wife had was stronger than his sister in laws because his wife married him for the love that she had for him rather than the adventure that his career promised her.
ReplyDelete-Brian Odom
Boyle opens the Hitman with a strong intro, he lays out the life of what this troubled “teenager” has to go through in his early years. Throughout reading I noticed that this short short was very depressing, I’d have to assume that when the author talks about “wasting” someone it is related to killing or getting rid of them, in this story there was a lot of that. The author also structured this differently then many other authors, the story was split into portions of the hitman’s life instead of by paragraphs, similar to a timeline. Those portions were extremely informal yet irrelevant. It was hard to detect why the author chose to do what he did as in terms to this structure.
ReplyDelete“A Kind of Flying” by Ron Carlson was nice to read, a little confusing to interpret because the author jumps back and forth but after reading several times I was able to get a sense of connecting to the story and how big of a difference one’s life can play with or without children. “A Kind of Flying” most definitely had a different tone/setting than “The Hitman”. Reading this story on a wedding kind of gives me some insight on what no to do, it was kind of a whole big mess. I guess.
-Natasha Villarreal
The structure of this story: Hit-man, is something I have never seen before. The story was not my favorite and I felt a little annoyed by the structure of it, but it was slightly interesting and sort of reminded me of a super hero’s (not really) life story. The introduction of characters was a bit overwhelming at least for me. I did like the use of words the author had to describe what was going on.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this story and the ending had me in awe because it perfectly made sense and made the connection about why his wife was worried in the day of the wedding because of the bird taking his cake figure (not sure what they are called). The ending was my absolute favorite because the narrator had to plan his wedding and had his sister in law be mean about his decisions in the wedding and years later, his niece is getting married and she is the mean sister in laws daughter and she was asking him advice about marriage as suppose to asking her mother who thought she knew everything about getting married, I don’t know I thought that was nice she asked him on marriage because he made sacrifies in order to make sure his wife was happy and was doing what she wanted to with her life. This story as a quick read which are personally my favorite and it had meaning and advice, which are also my favorite. In comparison to hit-man, which kind of have the same concepts about essentially life, the structure of this story was more appealing although hit-man was written differently, but everyone’s style of writing is different and a part of creative writing is about being creative and hit-man was a creative story.
-priscilla pena
The short story “The Hit Man”, I feel as the author had a good set up about how the story went. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end. I think the author left us with what is this hitmans name? why is he just called the hit man? I wonder what was the authors point in saying that “hitman wasted” I thought maybe the way it was broken down into pieces that way we can view at last what that’s important or what is the main focus on a certain paragraph. I think it’s odd how much of this short fiction is about death and who it affects but yet it in the end the hitman dies and then its like a whole other world is coming into place when the soon is looking for a jacket with a hood for his father. Maybe this short story is about life and we all have our routine from either working out and eating a lot to this one living a complete normal life and then were over seeing other couples do what we used to do.. I enjoyed this piece because it made it easier to comprehend and distinguish what he is doing.
ReplyDeleteI feel with this short strory is called “A kind of flying”, I feel as if this is author is speaking of the word love. I feel like it can go good or bad., any kind of friendship/relationship. A kind of flying, this story is talking about one thing and then something else. I felt as it could have been broken up into different categories. I feel the author is speaking of how to enjoy and live life and be alone but in the end it would be a different picture. I like the way the author uses extensive words to make it sound creative. I like the authors word choice but I enoyed the other peice more.
arianna tabares