Some of the short stories that we've read have been confusing, but none were as confusing as this story. I think that the story is really intriguing and interesting but I think that because everything is so fragmented it makes it hard to understand. One example is when they talk about having to kill all of these crabs that are running around their house. WHY ARE THERE CRABS RUNNING AROUND THIER HOUSE? Throughout the story there are a bunch of really confusing details that get put in, and never really get explained, like when they talked about the circus that had the flying man with bat wings. Marquez just sort of casually drops in these details that I think just end up confusing the reader instead of enhancing the story. Overall I think the entire story is very interesting, but I'm still confused by it. When I read the ending I was expecting some sort of idea that brings everything together, but honestly, I just got more confused. The last sentence sort of makes sense when Elisenda talks about the "Angel" no longer being an annoyance in her life, but I think it just brought up more questions. If I had to rate this story i'd give it like a 3 out of 5, because the story is very detailed and very interesting and pretty fun to read, but it's just super confusing.
1: Is the so called "Angel actually an angel, or does he just represent some unknown mysterious object?
2: is there a moral to this story, and if so, what is it?
3: What does the spider woman represent besides the literal?
No comments:
Post a Comment