Cottage
Life- Masha Tupitsyn
The
beginning part seemed to be talking to mother, but using her (narrator's) body
for the description. Went on to describe a male and showing him herself
for the first time. Which she went on to describe about how hard it is to take
off her shirt because of a birthmark on her breast. But would much rather show
everything else, because of her self-consciousness.
it was a
very short story but was very descriptive. In describing the attic one could
almost feel like they were in a musty/dusty attic.
The Woman-
Nina Shope
This one describes
the relationship in what seems to be of two women, and them playing doctor.
It used a
lot of words I was/still am unfamiliar with. The story seemed to jump thoughts
a lot, which made it hard for me to follow.
The
Derech-Rosebud Ben-Oni
The
conversation between a gypsy woman, and an Arab man? They talk about the
differences between gypsies in different areas,
and whether or not a language exists. She at first seemed as if she
was arguing with him. It seemed kind of like a debate, but they seem to have
turned around in to a couple? Nothing really about this story seemed unique,
just a story written like a traditional story. But used words from other
languages that I do not know, which made parts of it hard to understand without
looking them up. Sometimes one could gather the meaning from the context and
the words preceding it.
You a
Love/War Story- Summer Brenner
Beginning
started out like any other story of a love that has lost its luster over time.
I think
this was apart of the story, it went on to letters being written to Frankie and
his family. Then turns into a job-opening ad. When the story went to this it
was really hard to figure out what was going on.
Black
Wings- Amina Cain
This one
seems to jump around a lot, which makes it hard to follow. The story is
also strange in my eyes because the woman says that she is asexual,
finds a man to just read with. The man agrees to only read books with her
and doesn't think about her often. Most men wouldn't want to be with a
woman who is asexual; at least I wouldn't think so. At the end she says that
she doesn't know what she is (asexual or not) which is a stereotype
of women, they don’t know what they want.
