Fiction Packet #3

     In this fiction packet there is a great difference between the first story and the stories that come after this one. The first story titled When it Rains it Rains a River seems to be written differently then the other fiction stories. This story seems to repeat is self over and over again. The phrases like us brothers, when it rains, and the world Girl are repeated multiple times throughout the story. This story to me seems to be about two boys with wild imaginations. When it rains they like to disobey their mom and go out into the mud and play. The like to make a girl out of mud who seems to come alive. They also seem to see fish swimming and are able to touch the stars. I think this story is light and is just about kids being kids and using their imagination every day to have fun.
     The second story The Falling Girl was the one I seemed to enjoy the most. This story was written to me like any other story. It was spaced like a normal book and did not have repeating phrases like the first story in this packet. To me this story could be about two things. The first think I thought this story was about was the precious of a teenager/ early adult to be perfect in today's society. At that age it is so hard to fit in with all the super models and you always want to make yourself prettier. I thought that maybe that was what this story was about because when she was falling and eager to get to the ball she kept seeing what she said where prettier girls falling faster then her to get there before her. As I got to the end however, it began to have a couple in a lower apartment talk about how they didn't like the view because they only saw older woman falling and could hear the sound hitting the pavement. This began to make me think that the story was now about slowing down and enjoying your life. Stop and take a second to enjoy the little things that you would ordinarily pass up.
     There were two more stories in this packet. The next one was titled August 25, 1983. This story was written like the second one in the sense it was like a normal book. This story to me seemed like a mystery and I wasn't quite sure what exactly going on. To me it seemed to be about a man who dreamed of his older self. It seemed that the younger man was looking for guidance about what he should do with his life. With dreaming about the older him and talking to him it seemed he wanted to have advice about where his life was going and how he would end up. The last story called The Fifth Story was written differently then any of the other stories in this packet. This story with the "first story" which gave you a little detail then each story would build off of that. The actual story itself didn't really seem to have much meaning behind it. It was just about a woman killing cockroaches, but the way it was written was interesting and made me want to keep reading till the end.