A New Short Story: Look Out, The Saints Are Coming Through

1. what is your reaction to the text you justified?

This interesting narrative that jumps straight to the climax, then shifts to events leading put to the incident and events after. It feels like a snippet of a person's life and feels unresolved. My reaction to the story is a mixture of confusion and curiosity. What led the character to violence? His background is kind of vague and feel that here is no genuine emotional build up to explain his action. He does state that he was in a " unfocused" state of mind and going through the motions but that does not settle well for me.  It seems so random,  a choice done on a whim and that bothers me because he lacks character motivation.  We never get into the character' mind after the aftermath, we only see the resulting events after.

2. what connections did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the work with which you were able to connect.

From my understanding this is a story about a high profile couple, the husband being a famous singer. It documents the good old days, when he first met, marriage, and the spiral downhill after killing a man and find the wife foolish, good natured but ignorant.  Although the text mentions his history of fighting in several wars, which probably affected his cognitive decision making abilities, he still deserves to be punished.  His past should be taken into consideration he ultimately deserves to be jailed, as the crime is too heinous to be overlooked. The wife is fool for believing that drugs were the answer to solve woos and for believing that you should embrace a person for all that they are, by overlooking their flaws. Yes,  people are not perfect but part of loving someone is looking out for their best interest. Indifference is approval, by feigning ignorance, she helped his continual spiral downward. However it is important to note that he as an individual has sole responsibility for his actions and should own up to them. I lacked empathy for the characters because it all seems so shallow; the character loos through the with an idealistic, romantic, and shallow sense. They feel immature an un-responsbile, they never face issues head on. The husband indulges in drugs and alcohol while the wife turns a blind eye to their deteriorating life. Unfortunately, I struggle to relate to these characters.

3. What changes would you work to adopt this story to another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?

I would retell this story as a graphic novel as a lot the story includes vivid imagery. I would simplify the text to focus on the monologue and turn the landscape descriptions into pictures.