Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Blessed House

I wasn’t that really enthusiastic about this story at all, it was sort of hard to really catch on with what was the whole point of it. This was sort of the worst story I read in this class, a lot of the stories that we have been reading has some kind of excitement to them or a sense of secrecy that would compel me to read more and more until I figured out the plot of the story or essay, but this story wasn’t that at all. The story kind of sparked some interest when Twinkle kept on finding different Christian statues and other Christian items around the house so I guess I became anxious about what else she might find but it did bore me after the Virgin Mary was found out in the yard. But what did begin to strike an interest bug in my mind was the way that Sanjeev met Twinkle. I never knew that “Hindu” people still did arranged marriages. I sort of laughed when Sanjeev noticed how that he might have made a mistake picking Twinkle, especially when he started to pick out her immaturity, and how he had other choices and he picked her, which was funny. I would think that Sanjeev put himself in the position why would anyone marry someone that the only known for only four months. Even though the story really didn’t capture my interest I did like the theme of the story on how Twinkle felt as though the “The House is blessed” because of the many Christian influences that are found around the house. When everything was unfolding and Twinkle was finding those things I thought about my house because when we first moved in we was finding things all over but they were far from being Christian..lol

1 comment:

  1. I wonder if you put too much stock in "being entertained". I mean, after reading these posts, I'm worried that if I were to hang out around you, I wouldn't be exciting enough, that you couldn't appreciate me for me. But maybe you're only like that with stories. :-)

    Anyway, what I'm getting at is this: what if you approached these stories not to find out what "happens" but to get to know the characters? In that way, I think you might find out about life and about yourself even. That is what could be engaging for you, more so than a fast moving plot.

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