Backpack literature - A Rose For Emily
William Faulkner's short story a rose for Emily was incrediably captivating. He grabbed my attention and kept it through out the short story, with the bits of foreshadowing there was towards Homer's body being there. The point of view in this story had a huge impact on the affect of the story. Due to the fact that this story was told by an outsider looking in, rather than someone who lived in the house or a main character for example it help suspens. It was because we as readers are seeing this story as an outsider that we are to react the way we do when the one strand of grey hair is found on the pillow next to homers body. I love short stories that have this point of view, i feel like it gives them a twist, or a different perspective from the typical story told by the main character or characters. My reaction toward the end of this story, even though i have read this before is shock and disgust. When Faulkner writes about the smell of her house effecting the neighbors and draws out the image of her house a picture one of the people from hoaders living there. Only to find out at the end she was storring Homer's body there....


Backpack Literature - Cathedral
I am familiar with the short story of Cathedral by Raymond Carter. In high school we read this for my advanced composition class. Carter does an extremely impeciable job of building these three characters. In the beginning of the short story the husband was incrediably naive and small minded towards the rest of the real world. His harsh attitude is portrayed very well throughout the story until he starts to smoke with the blind mind. Carter portrays the scence of them sitting on the couch smoking and watching tv so well that it was like i could see it for real. In this short story he has the images of these characters painted so well it makes it really easy for the reader to picture them, almost as if they knew of them in real life.