Cathedral

This story wasnt my favorite out of all the stories we have read. I did find it intriguing though. I liked to see how the characters changed throughout the story, which was set in mostly one day. The husband seemed to have changed the most, at first i really didnt like him, he seemed rude and bland and not open to new ideas or new people. He was very skeptical about the blind man coming and everything he said was very stereotypical and rude. But by the end of the story him and the blind man got along and he was much more open to him and even wanted to talk and get to know him. The wife in the begininning seemed very open and loving, but towards the end she seemed kind of paranoid and skeptical of her husband talking or getting close with the blind man. The blind man himself was a very interesting guy, the way he talked, what he talked about, the way he moved and ate and drank and smoked. He seemed just like any other guy, except he was blind. He seemed very interested in everything that was going on, he was very open to new ideas and going with everything that was happening.
While i was reading the story i was thinking about how it would be to be blind, what i would do if i were blind. I love people watching and watching and observing everything, so it wouldnt be too great for me. But what if he loved people watching before he went blind. He didnt seem depressed or mad about his blindness he seemed to imbrace it and take it in. I really enjoyed reading to see how it would be for a blind person, it did change my perspective on how a blind person could be, what they could still do even though they can not see.

Once Upon a Time

As we were talking about this story in class a lot of people related it to fairy tales. I thought it was semi fairy tale like, but for the most part it just seemed more of an overprotective paranoid family. In some ways i can defenitly see the fairy tale aspect, but it was kind of like a weird twisted creepy sketchy fairy tale i guess. I didnt really understand why the grandmother kept getting called a witch, we didnt hear much at all about her, other then she said to keep people out and she gave her grandson a fairy tale book. The story was kind of sad in my opinion, the family started out happy and for the most part care free. They had a wonderful home, and loved each other very much. But soon everything seemed to go down, there house became ugly when they added the wall and gate and barbed wire. I understand the need for protection, but some times it can go too far.
Another thing i noticed was that everyone loved everyone so very much. It said over and over that he loved her ver much, she loved him very much, the boy loved the cat so very much. It almost seemed like they were trying to convince the readers of there love for one another. It was like at the end of the day thats all they really had, they never felt completly safe, they never really had everything they wanted, but at the end of the day they had love for eachother.
It also seemed strange the person thinking of the story was trying to make her self feel better because she was scared of everything she heard at night, and she thought of that story. Which defentily did not make me feel any better at all.

A Good Man is Hard to FInd

Where to begin, this story was insane. It started off simple, just the family going on a vacation to Florida. In the beginning I couldnt really tell what the time period was, i thought it was around this time, maybe in the 90's. But as the story kept going it seemed to me that maybe it was set in the 50's or 60's maybe. I wasnt completely sure. Throught the beginning of the story you got a sense of the main characters, the dad, Bailey seemed strict, some what conservative, it seemed like he liked everything his way, nothing out of the ordinary to happen. The grandmother was very oldfashioned it seemed, she liked to be catorgarized as a lady, she made sure to wear a nice lady like outfit so people would know she was a lady. She was also very proper and liked to talk about the old times, where things werent as scary and everyone was a lot safer. The mom didnt say much or do much, she seemed pretty laid back, didnt really take control of the kids when they spoke out or didnt add her opinion in on anything. The two kids were very obnoxious, they spoke out way to much and were very rude. They didnt know how to speak to adults in a polite manner and said whatever they wanted to without thinking. Throughout the story everyone talked about the misfit, who ended up reminding me of Arnold Friend from our other story. But an older version. Him and his two friends were very creepy, as soon as they drove up i had a feeling it was going to be the misfit, and i had a feeling that the whole family was going to die. I wish the grandmother had kept her mouth shut and didnt even say anything about the big house she wanted everyone to see, which wasnt even in the same state. It seems like the whole time she was trying to protect the family by staying away from danger, especially the misfit, but it turns out she led everyone right for danger. It was her who decided to look for the house, who decided to bring the cat, who freaked out and woke the cat up, who spoke to the misfit. She really brought it all onto herself, of course she didnt mean to, but she did.

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

I really enjpyed this story. I had no idea what was going to happen in the beginning which was exciting because i hate reading stories where you can just predict the ending. It defenitly drew my attention in the beginning, i thought Connie was extremely cocky and kind of annoying. Which actually made me view her as ugly, throughout the story i pictured her as an ugly girl, not a cute or pretty girl that the guys were talking about. When Arnold came to the house at the end it scared me. I had no idea what he was trying to do, i just knew that something bad was going to happen, but then i was confused. Did she just go with him? I wish the story went on for just a little bit more so we could figure out what really happened. At the same time its fun to guess what happened and make your own ending up.

The Power of Myth

The Power of Myth would have been a good movie if you had nothing else to do. I personally did not like the movie. I thought it was kind of dull, some of it interested me, like when they refered to Star Wars or other movies to tie into what they were talking about. But for the most part it was hard to follow because the two older men weren't very easy to understand. It also didnt grab my attention in the beginning so i got lost pretty fast and wasnt sure what they were talking about at first.

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