November 8th - Miguel

There were a lot of stories this week. It was actually a quite a bit on me to read all of them. However I did like most of them, but a few of them had me confused as to what I was even reading. I think my favorite or at least the one I felt was the easiest to read was “First Rate Material”, I feel to me this story had my attention from start to finish. I could see what was gonna happen with the father at the end and I liked that I was able to pick up on that. The concept of humans being used as materials after dying is very disturbing to me, but I guess I could see why most of the characters view it as a “noble” act and why some would want for their own bodies to be used in that way after they pass. However, it just doesn’t feel right to me and I fear that is just how I will feel about it. “The Flying Tobita Sisters” was a slower read for me, but was still one I enjoyed for the most part. I was very confused as to whether or not the characters were humans or not cause of the wings, but then we learn people had developed a way to grow wings I guess and their feet/legs growing weaker as they rely on their wings more. I didn’t see the ending of this story, the fact that it was actually more of her wanting to be like the Tobita sisters and running as well. “A Peddler of Tears” this story was sad, the fact that the narrator was basically ruining herself for this man who wasn’t really even much to her if you think about it as they weren’t together and he didn’t even give much thought to her. What’s the worst part of this is the fact that she was happy doing this for this man. “Goodbye, Christopher Robin”  was one of the stories that had taken me a bit to read and to understand it. I feel like I get the theme of nothingness and all that, but the multiple stories within this one story had me rereading and trying to make sure I didn’t miss something. Don’t get me wrong I did like seeing characters I knew in this story, it was just a bit on my mind. “Meditations on Green” this is another story that had me questioning what I was reading. I think it was mostly because a lot of the stories I read prior to this had magic realism and then bam I’m hit with a more scientific and religious story. It just threw me off a little and there were terms I had to look up and lines I had to reread to make sure I wasn’t skipping lines or to make sure I was even reading it right. I think this might be my least favorite of this weeks readings just because it had me lost in a loop for a bit.