Eminence Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) ~A Edited June 27, 2009 by Eminence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxidizer Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What a pleasant surprise. An Eminent product! Though I'll be honest, I really had to check out the SSOTM thread to remind myself what this month's theme was, because without it I was seriously dumbstruck. But that's more to do with my lack of ability in understanding a story unless there's been at least an inkling to tell me what it's gonna be about from the off, so you needn't worry. Now that I've re-read this with the theme of Transformation in mind, I think you managed to pull it off relatively effectively. Very good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Now that I've re-read this with the theme of Transformation in mind, I think you managed to pull it off relatively effectively. Out of interest, why is that so? Did you get what I was trying to get at with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxidizer Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) The impression I got was that the person whose point of view you're telling the piece from is a man who was once a bit of a walkover and got verbally (and/or maybe even physically) abused by his wife and just snapped, killing her. He transformed into the complete opposite of his former self. But I could be way off base. Was I close? Edited February 25, 2009 by Oxidizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Actually quite close. The abuse from his wife is intended to be an exaggeration - he's not really abused by her, but he does snap (which results in her death). The first section is intended to deal with the memories of his abusive father - who he's transformed into unwittingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxidizer Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Oh, that's very nicely done actually, I should've got that with the 'lineage' thing. Quality job, Big E! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 He got closer than I did, that's for sure. Interpretation of X & Y? I thought it was purely mental. Not mental in the style the character has gone insane, either blaming himself for whoever is in the grave (I still can't quite nail that one shut) or believing he should have been the one to die. The way he speaks about his insomnia suggests it's common. I then thought that the dead was an important woman in his life; either his girlfriend/wife or even mother, as there's reference there too. I'm probably rambling and most likely way off but that's what I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouveia Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I loved that story. I didn't quite get it untill I read it again, but it is good. I loved the ending and all of the writing on it is perfect (or almost, I'm not a native English speaker). But if I could name one thing that I liked the most, I would say that it is the theme, because it happens often in real life. A calm (I think) guy that kills his wife because he was abused by his father? Nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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