Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Did anyone else cry like a little girl while reading "The Paper Menagerie"?
I really enjoyed this second set of stories, because I felt a lot more involved with them. It seems like this anthology has a good mix of stories that are just really good escapism reading and ones that really tug at your heartstrings (and plenty that do both). I got very attached to the characters in "The Paper Menagerie", "The Corpse Painter's Masterpeice", and "Steam Girl". Anyone else?
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I cried like a little girl with that one. It's a combination of the very sad story of a woman who has been through so much and a son who didn't understand, plus the fact that now there is a chance, once a year, for them to start to redeem their relationship. Very sad, but with a ray of hope. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed these stories. It was so heartbreaking when the mother from "The Paper Menagerie" was talking about how her son was supposed to be her companion and someone that has something in common with her (her Chinese background). She talked about how her son had the same hair as her, and she felt she could almost see her family again in him. Thus she was not alone. And then when he reseneted her, she was left with nothing again. At least no one to share her stories and traditions with.
ReplyDeleteLooking back this story is probably among my favorite ones that we read this semester. It really was quite sad in the end but I loved the magical aspect of it. I think my favorite part was when he found out that his old friends would return to life for one day each year as he reminisced about the past and the love of his mother for him. All in all one of the few stories that got me to invest something emotionally.
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