Critical Response to Kady Oliker’s Story “Lucky 19”
By: Matt Carroll
I liked this story because it did a good job of setting a symbol stage. The environment is fast paced and the setting is always changing. I thought the constant changing of setting and the environment was a very good idea. I did want the wife to be developed a little more as a character, and maybe the husband a little as well. I thought a little more development of the couple would have helped the symbol become deeper, maybe a quick conversation of all the “19’s” in their own lives that impacted them.
The reason this story was so intriguing is because it conveys the idea that we are constantly surrounded by numbers and names that we always overlook, but until they have personal meaning in our own lives we will never notice them. Our brain, our conscious, filters things out that have no meaning to us and this story really captures the revelation people get when they see something new in their environment that has meaning for them.
One problem I had with the story is how quickly the numbers stop, and without reason. I don’t need an explanation of why the numbers stop, but I need the world without the number 19 to be shown to me a little more. Did they stop noticing the number 19 because it lost meaning, or where they really looking for it and simply couldn’t find it?
Overall I thought the fast pace of the story was effective and I want more. Good job, go deeper and this can be a great story.
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