Technical Reading Response #5

Daniel Contreras
Professor Neal Blaikie
CRN 72392 ENGL P140
Technical Reading Response #5
4 October 2010

1. Both stories include a lot of nature.
2. "A Spoiled Man" and "Oh, Death" both include the death of an important character.
3. The authors in these stories reveal major facts about the characters in the middle of the stories.
Question: How do these stories make you feel about death?
1. In the story "A Spoiled Man" the seasons and enviroment are carefully, but effectively painted and described. "Oh, Death" also has some descriptive quality. "A Spoiled Man" really brought the story to life with it's flowing imagery of each subtle plant, road, and land.
2. The protagonist in "A Spoiled Man" was and elderly man named Rezak that needed nothing but the bare necessities of life. Rezak died a lonely, sad, old man. In "Oh, Death" a character named Rick needed nothing but enough money and supplies to meet ends meet to support his family. Rick died young and broken man. Both Rick and Rezack passed away. One that wanted to be alone for awhile, and one that was lonely and needed somebody.
3. In "Oh, Death" it started off in a positive note. The characters seemed to get along without any tension in between them. Until almost halfway through the story, the note takes a turn for the worse. The author includes this page somewhere in the middle of the story explaining why the character is behaving in that particular way. In "A Spoiled Man" it wasn't until mid-story that I found out why the character is in the situation they are in. Both of these stories do a very well job in leading the reading to the juicy truths hidden behind these character's actions.

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