Fiction packet 2

Essay on the Sublimation of Dying by Kristen Prevallet is a collection of multiple sections that are only about a paragraph long that together make up an essay. Underneath each section there is a short poem or picture, which I thought was very interesting. In Homonym, I really liked her play of words with "I," "eye," "see," and "sea."

Crumbling Expectations by Zach Savich is about a story his father wrote while battling cancer. But more than just the story his father wrote, it is how he became a writer just like his father. I thought it was interesting when he said he "tried to write himself into the story." This one particular story his father wrote has always stuck with him and inspired him to write.

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I really liked "Things To Do Today" by Joe Wenderoth because instead of setting the story up in paragraph form, he has simply made a list of nearly 100 things to do.  The list contains some strange and ironic things like, "set the famous criminals free," and "oversleep." I believe that the list is a representation of all the impossible things people plan to do, while giving themselves little time to do it.
In Dillard's "Total Eclipse," the repetition in the first few paragraphs reminded me of a poem. Dillard uses a lot of description when writing her essay, like when she describes a clown made of vegetables as having parsley eyebrows, red chili pepper lips, and beans for ears.