Reading Assigned for the Week of June 15, 2009

Catskin

Catskin was by my favorite story for the week. I loved the story for its out of this world weirdness. The author weaves a story from threads made from fantasy, fairy tale, and a pinch of horror. The characters come alive off the page. They seem more real to me because even if there circumstances are far from normal they still make the same mistakes we all do. Some of the most notable mistakes of the story was made by her two eldest surviving children. They make the decision to head to north against the advice of their dieing mother. They do eventually come back to the house. I will leave it up to you to decide if they learned from their mistakes. The other aspects of the story that stood out was all the symbolism. The story pro bally has a hundred plus hidden in little places everywhere. The ants were my favorite symbol in the story. I enjoyed how they carried time of the witch and the witch Lack. The time that in which they carry is the time lost because their lives were cut short. The story was also extremely vulgar and increased as it progressed. The following is the plot explocation for the story.
The exposition was the events that occurred before the witch died.
The rising action was the events that happened between the witchs death and the death of the witch Lack.
The climax was the death of the witch Lack.
Falling action was the events that took place all the way up to the resolution.
The resolution was a short paragraph wrapping up the events of the story.