Critical Response #6

Critical response

I really enjoyed reading “Tell me what it means.” There was a little bit of an edge of suspense throughout the short story. The whole time I was reading it, I kept trying to guess what the object was and at first I thought it might have been a letter of some sorts that told him that his wife had left him, but then I thought that that was too obvious. I really liked the line “distant looks and irritatingly expectant fingertaps on the tabletop,” because it really gives the reader an insight into what is happeneing between this couple and how apparently oblivious the man is.
Like Colleen said, I really want to know more about why he’s so surprised about surviving all these different events in his life. Did he do stupid, unsensical things in high school that were dangerous? Or when he says survived high school does he mean grade wise. I want more insight into his back story because I feel like the author could really expand on this story and make it something great. But I just don’t think she knows her character very well right now.