Monday, May 14, 2012

Raymond Carver

I read Raymond Carver's short story "little things". I did not like it mostly because although Carver left the ending up to the reader's imagination, it had a very grotesque and dark insinuation. Even though he does not write it, at the end of the story it is implied that the baby is ripped in half or undergoes some other similar injury according to the sentence,"In this manner the issue was decided." This was a very shocking way to "solve" the problem in the story and although I did not like it, I appreciate how subtly Carver brought it on. He definitely succeeded in using the element of surprise to throw the reader off.

GGM Photograph

I chose to take a photo of these roses outside my house. Roses are used in many of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short stories. Although roses represent life, Marquez uses them in a variety of ways to be both ironic and symbolic.

I have been a berenger...

I am a Berenger mostly when it comes to politics. Instead of going along with a certain candidate or law that the majority favors, I go along with who/what I believe is the correct choice.


I am a rhinoceros at times when the ones I care about are in favor of a certain thing (things like choosing a restaurant to eat at, what to do for a special occasion, etc.) and so I just give in to spare an argument.