Post # 6 Fiction Packet 3

This week we were asked to read and respond to fiction packet three. I must say that this packet is certainly intriguing to the say the least. What really impressed me and won me over was the many different uses of language in the stories. In each story, there was a very unique use of language and description that really painted vivid pictures for me. 

For example, in the story The Singing Fish, the use of language is very interesting. Many of the words are repeated and the terminology is really over simplified. There are many grammar mistakes and hen reading it, I felt like it was written by a child. For example, there's the line that reads, "Mud, us brothers we can't get us enough mud." To me, this seems like something a child would say. That's when I realized how the language and terminology was being used to convey the idea that the story was being told from a child's perspective. I think that the author's writing techniques are pretty unique, but they can be misunderstood rather easily. 

Another example is in the story Death of the Right Fielder. I found this story to be very well written and really interesting. Although, what I liked most about it was its vivid descriptions that made you take a deeper look at things. In the story, the author describes the infield and outfield positions in baseball. However, he does so in a way that also describes the characters that play those positions. For example, he says, "The infield demands communication." Although he is clearly talking about baseball, there is an implication that those in the infield are social, because being social also demands communication. I feel like that use of language and description is pretty awesome and really shows off an author's merit. In closing, the stories I read in fiction packet three were very intriguing, and I really enjoyed reading them.