I did my mini book club on "A Rose for Emily." I thought the story was good, but Emily definitely had some problems. I do not know why anyone would want to keep a dead body in their house. I thought my mini book club went really well. Everyone did a good job participating and answering the questions that I came up with.
The other stories we had to read were good too. "Roman Fever" was a little hard to follow at some points. At first, I could not figure out who was married to Delphin and who was married to Horace. "Gryphon" was funny. I think the substitute teacher was a little crazy. I liked that the kids asked her questions, and told her that six times eleven was not sixty-eight. "The Girl With the Blackened Eye" was sad. I thought it was well written, but it was hard to read. I liked "Irish Girl." I liked that it was set in a more present time. The end of the story was sad. I did not really like "A & P." Nothing really exciting ever happened. It was pretty much just three girls walking around a store in their swimming suits. I thought "Woman Hollering Creek" was boring. I could not get into it. "Mother Savage" was good, but I do not know why the mother killed the four men that were staying with her. They were nice to her and did things for her. I know she was upset that her son got killed in the war, but the four men at her house didn't kill him.
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ReplyDeleteI really agree with you on the story A&P that story to me was boring the story didnt have any meaning to it I wish I could have went into a mini book club and got other people insight on the story because it had me lost.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I love hearing your opinion on some of the short stories we read and comparing your impressions to my own. Interesting! That's why the books clubs worked well; we were exposed to almost 20 different opinions about each story!
ReplyDeleteHow did people react to A Rose for Emily?