Writing Fiction Packet #2

The second fiction packet included more detailed works of fiction: more literary skilled, focused, and lengthier stories. Though there were many differences between the first and second fiction packet, there were also similarities. Such as the introduction to characters in both were very detailed with imagery and other sensual words so that readers join the story instead of being told a story which is a major difference. My favorite work in this packet was Thalia Field's Point and Line. Even the title sounded intriguing but what I adored was its complexity in meaning. Differences are what make everything and everyone an individual so lets explore the differences in writings from one to two.

In fiction packet one the stories were short and the meaning was obvious like "Survivor" spoke of not wanting to survive after his lovers death. The meaning has to be obvious though because the shortness makes it unable to linger through the story without leaving the story as substance without meaning. In fiction packet number two the stories were harder to figure out and lingered into a lot of different ideas to prove its main point. Just as I will explain about my favorite story Point and Line.

In Point and Line the author uses many different characters to describe a psychological issue within the narrators mind. The beginning lines start with "A cat wanders around your legs," giving the cat characteristics such as "a cat collects itself to jump". A cat really wouldn't be described as collecting itself seeming how that is a human like characteristic. This is one of the many times that the narrator personifies animals and things around her scenery. Later in the story she speaks about a billboard in the same way saying " A billboard rises across the dusty sunset, saying something about buying or driving a new cat." I believe that narrator is giving their own life story through the eyes of different objects and even a person at one point in the story and that is awesome because with a title like point and line you'd think it be an easy read but she makes you think that even the simplest of things can be complex!