I am perfectly aware of the fact that this has to be one of the most petty observations that you will read, but I digress... I don't like any of the characters in any of the stories. They all are extremely annoying in their own special ways. Da-Duh was xenophobic, and she never failed to jump to the conclusion that her granddaughter was lying about the technology in New York. Sammy impulsively quit his job after the girls in bikinis were kicked out of the grocery store. The angel was, simply put, a jerk for *almost* helping the needy. Maybe I am just in a bad mood today, but most of the characters weren't the kind that I'd take kindly to.
On a less personal note, I also noticed that many of the characters were extraordinarily self-righteous. The men in the barber shop in "Dry September" were all unwavering in their opinions on what Will Mays did. None of them seemed to want to come to a mutual conclusion. They were doomed to argue from the start. In "A&P", Sammy seemed to hate everyone. He didn't like the housewives at the store and referred to them as "sheep" and "swine". The same can be said for Da-Duh as she tried to prove that Barbados was better than New York.
Reading Times:
Wed: Fellowship of the Ring J R Tolkien
30 mins
Thurs: Dry September
30 mins
Sun: Siddhartha Herman Hesse
1 h
Sienna I found this post so funny. I think that you did look deep into the characters of the stories we have read and gave good explanations for your opinions about them. Good job.
ReplyDeleteOK! No soft spot for Rolf? Or Noe? And you think the angel meant to create those weird miracles? Certainly all of our characters are deeply flawed...would you be interested in people who aren't?
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