Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Short Stories
I find that short stories are often hard to just skim over. All the details come at you quick and dirty. There is not the fluff and crying that we have seen in earlier novels. The author simply doesn't have the time to elaborate on the situation and other events. In the Wide, Wide, World we spend pages and pages and pages hearing about all of Ellen's sorrows. We spend seven pages picking out a Bible. Desiree's Baby is only 5 pages long. There is simply no time for crying. We don't see the drama. There is clearly drama seeing as Desiree's husband says that she is not fully 100 percent white, when we find out that. Ellen was often hard to follow because she was all over the place. I found myself wanted to stop reading the novels about ten to fifteen pages into the novels, but the short story is easier to finish.
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You definitely cant skim over a short story or you'll probably miss something. The plot twists at the end of the stories we read would not have made sense had you not carefully read the rest of the text.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with your notion that short stories are hard to just skim over. I feel as though if you do skim you miss a lot and short story details come at you "quick and dirty." I also agree with how the short story is also easier to finish, good posting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely. Its hard just to skim over a short story because in one sentence everything you thought was happening can change! I love how you described them as "quick and dirty"! hilarious :)
ReplyDeleteeven though you can't really just skim over the shorter stories.. I still do, and as a result I end up re-reading it a few times. I definitely prefer a story that for the most part spells out what it's saying through character and situational development.
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