Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Papa Who Wakes up Tired in the Dark Journal #5


This story was depressing from the beginning. In this story, Esperanza tells us about how her father's father has passed away and she describes how her father reacted after finding out about the tragedy. I really related to this story because whenever something happens like this in our family, its really hard to figure out what to say when you've never seen the person cry before. One of the lines I liked was “I have never seen my papa cry and I don't know what to do." This line really stood out to me because this time is very fragile and you have to be careful what you say or do and I feel as Esperanza handles it well. She also describes about how her father will go to Mexico and attend the funeral. I really liked how she described what was going to be there like for word to word about the roses and how everyone will be dressed in black and white. It was a sad story but I think it was very well written because sad stories such as death in the family are very difficult to discuss.


4 comments:

  1. very good response, i also chose this reading it just realy makes you think about how important family is to one another.

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  2. I like your response, i also wrote about the same story, i thought it was the most interesting story.

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  3. I really liked your post i thought your quote was really strong. I also agree with you that it is hard to find the right words to say when you see someone cry for the first time.

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  4. I liked your quote, i also think that she described the setting very well

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