Overall, the author's choice of Literary Devices and imagery made the reading engaging and added a sense of realness to myth. Now instead of “fighting it” she rides it out and focuses on all the pain and getting through it even if it is hours later. You're properly going to look like crap for lack of a better word, yet can you blame this woman? Made me feel as if I was going to get clawed up any moment. Four mornings Continue reading →, THE POEMS in Wright’s astonishing nineteenth collection of poetry serve as a loyal lighthouse to the reader: a sure and steady beam that pulses, discovers, and searches out — all while Continue reading →, when ancient Romans kept glass aquariums filled to bubbling with your brothers and old Licinius Muraena himself loved to throw slaves in the water, stripping men to bits. Alexis Madrigal The Witching HourAimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American writer who uses her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to help give her a different perspective on her writing. Linda PonceIn BedThe author of the story gave clear detail in what a migraine is, and how it feels to actually have a migraine. If she would just have started off the story of some project about endangered species in elementary school people wouldn’t have been drawn to that. When I read this section of the story, it made me think of how society shuns people for being different. I recall being a child who was curious in the tall tales of my culture, and the author makes it possible to relate to by involving her mother as the story teller of legends and such. I found it particularly interesting how the teacher immediately shuts down the narrator’s imagination as nonsense and invalid, and expects a cookie-cutter version of an endangered species, like the rest of the class, which eventually leads to the narrator winning in first place. Brenda Salinas (20228345)The witching hour was an amazing story. Overall, this story had me entertained from start to finish. I also believe the author organized the story well. She also used many similes, for example, “claws spring from her fingertips like a Swiss army knife…” to better paint a picture of the aswang to a reader who might not be familiar with the Filipino folklore. John Muir I write this at the end of what seems like Continue reading →, In honor of National Poetry Month (and Earth Day! The migraines have become so rampant in Didion’s life that she personifies, to great effect, the headaches by describing them “as more friend than lodger.” Didion’s desperation is palpable throughout the story, particularly when she speaks about the pharmaceuticals that prevent the onset of the headaches, but their inability to be effective once the attack arrives. I have learned to accept my migraines. Through the initial description of an aswang, which refers to a Philippine folktale, we are able to acknowledge the narrator's fascination with this creature. I believe this author provided great detail and imagery from describing how her teacher looked like with her "unisex perm" and "pillow arms" all the way to how her mother told her bedtime stories at night; for example, "I loved playing with her long and lovely thick hair as she propped herself up on her elbow next to me in bed". Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It was not until the aswang was later compared to other myths did I get my answer. At the beginning of the story when her teacher is giving the class examples of what animals they should focus on and Aimee doesn’t conform to those basic choices. It helps the reader imagine this creature as closely as possible to how the narrator perceives it. The story changed from what seemed to be a horror story about the aswang to one about a little girl who competed in a class competition about the best drawing on an endangered animal. What do you make of what you discovered about the cultural role/work of the aswang stories? The Witching Hour By: Aimee Nezhukumatahil In the Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s short story The Witching Hour, I really liked that the story was being told from a third graders point of view. My teacher came by and saw that. I found it particularly enjoyable because it is told from the perspective of a third grader, and reminiscing on how broad our imagination was at that age. The teacher could’ve taken a different approach. The beginning starts off with a sort of urban legend, which I think Aimee Nezhukumatathil does this to have us hooked and keep on reading. I had trouble trying to understand why the narrator was so interested in the aswang, until I realized that it was somewhat similar to the stories I have heard in my culture about lechuzas. The author did a good job. In high school, boys hardly ever noticed me, and when they finally did, I could not imagine any of them a father. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. There is a strong sense of a childhood perspective (as you note with the line about staring at her pink Roos) that captures the contours and experiences of being in 3rd grade (that desire for the teacher’s approval, how she coveted the markers, how the other children looked at her drawing). This was an nice story to read. One that stands out as really unbelievable is that she didn’t really believe in the aswang. Not only did Nezhukumatathil use detailed imagery to describe the aswang, but also the flow of the story was really easy to follow even as she went from the classroom to recalling her bedtime stories. Reading the author's experiences and having learned how to cope with it, gives me a different perspective of migraines in general. But besides that I felt like there was a bigger theme about the essay when you took a step back and analyzed it, you can easily relate her feelings towards her migraines to another illness/disease/struggle. See you soon. I especially enjoyed the part in which she speaks of how the “unafflicted” lack sympathy for people with migraines it felt to me as if this is a sentiment that is shared by many people with different conditions. At the time the author is a third grader, making her about 8 or 9 years old. Christian MartinezIn Bed by Joan DidionDidion suffers silently because she are afraid of the implications that her maladies may present. I felt it was great on how the author started off with an explanation of what the aswang is so the readers could get an idea of what sort of creature this child had a fascination of; whether it'd be fictional or nonfictional.

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