In this short essay, Sean attempts to give the reader a glimpse (and only a glimpse) of his life where his only getaway from dull, boring life is a solo trip to the movies…even though he’d rather have a girlfriend. There are some really witty lines in this essay. I particularly like the “42 flight of stares” on the second page (even though they are burning a “whole” into Sean’s back, which should be “hole”). I like how the narrator drops quotes in this essay and then reflects them. I really wanted to know who the first quote is from, though—if it has a known source. Heck, even if it doesn’t have a known source, I’d like to know that too (I guess that’s the English major in me that gave a little internal scream when I couldn’t find a citation anywhere!).
I do like that this essay gives us a back stage pass to the brain of the narrator. It’s almost as though we’re taking an illegal peek—and finding out things that we never knew or even thought to ask—just by reading this. For this reason, I think expanding on this fact would help to strengthen the essay. Give us even more of an inside look—maybe just give us a string of fragmented memories rather than straight exposition. That could be cool. I don’t know. Obviously this essay wants to be different. Maybe just let it shape itself even more—give it freedom to be formless.
No comments:
Post a Comment