Fiction Packet #3 Response

The line from "From the Singing Fish" by Peter Markos that reads "I drove that rusty nail right through Brothers hand." made me cringe. Almost as if i could feel the rusty nail piercing my own skin. The description and detail of this short story is very vivid and paints a very specific picture in my head. Nice job by Peter Markos,

When It Rains it Rains a River- Im not sure what to say about this short story. I feel as if i dont completely understand it. I like how the author repeats words but doesn't repeat what he is saying. For example "In the rain, this is not us just running around in the rain. In the rain, us boys, this is just the way us brothers, in the rain, fishing like this, this makes the earth turn to mud." I think its very creative how boys, fish, and rain are frequently used here.

The Singing Fish- I am starting to get the impression that all three pages i have read so far are all connected even with the Titles being different; interesting. I like the line" And words, words! There are these words there, too--these words--they have got to be words." The lines" But these words, these words, what is it that these words mean, or say?" relates to how i feel about the words that i am reading write now.

What our mother always told us- The line " But us brothers, with our filled up with mud ears, we did not hear it when our mother said that word: don't." This made me laugh because it reminded me of myself in my younger days.

The Falling Girl- I love the line in the first paragraph that reads " It was in fact the hour when the city is seized by inspiration and whoever is not blind is swept away by it." I thought this was pretty cool. The line "The sun had plunged into the sea" is very creative; giving the sun personification. This was an amazing short story i was intrigued throughout the entire reading. I loved how so much was illustrated in such a short time. The description of this short story was phenomenal, everything the author described i could picture; job well done.

August 25 1983- Scared me
The Fifth Story- Has a very clever title