This guy wrote a short story about scrambled eggs. Who does that? It was such an unconventional title which got me to thinking, "So this is what Mrs. Cardona was talking about when she said a title should draw you in and make you want to read it." I definitely wanted to read William Kennedy's essay and I wasn't even disappointed when he stopped talking about scrambled eggs because the way he told his story was so intriguing. It was mostly a dialogue between himself and his dad, but the lines weren't new paragraphs each time. The dialogue was formatted in a continuous paragraph which made me read through it quicker and more intently. I also quite like it when he said he should have know that "Eggs" was awful. I should know that about some of the pieces I write but it's hard for me to admit it and I love that he admitted it so blatantly.
In Pat Conroy's piece, she kept me interested by switching between complete sentences and what I thought to be fragments. Every sentence she had me questioning what I was reading. She incorporated both humor and horror into her work which made every paragraph something new. This story was very personal and that was something that drew me to it because all of the emotions she wrote had actually happened. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the things around her, using great adjectives and great nouns for imagery. The line saying that someting is only real if you write it down is something I think that is very relevant to today and it was a great note to end on because it kept the reader thinking.
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