Friday, April 11, 2014

Notes and Example from Punctuation Workshop

Find the examples and paragraph as the first comment.

Posted by Brad at 4/11/2014 11:02:00 AM

2 comments:

Brad said...

“A Masterpiece of Setting and Character: ‘A Spoiled Man’”

The work I like the most is “A Spoiled Man” by Daniyal Mueenuddin. Foremost for me is the story’s fabulous characterization of Rezak, the “small bowlegged man with a lopsided battered face.” How we learn to love him as a character (although not everyone will agree) and to feel his pain is a wonderful journey on a road not often travelled. The story emphasizes the differences between the rich and poor; nevertheless, it does it with sympathy for both sides of the equation. Although this is also true for “Literally”—the trip to find the boys at Bonita’s apartment comes to mind—Mueenuddin does it better. Perhaps what makes “A Spoiled Man” a story I like more is its exotic location: Pakistan. With his masterly descriptions of setting, Mueenuddin makes us “see” and “feel” more and, at the end, the description of Rezak’s cabin brought tears to my eyes as, forgotten by all, “the wind and blown rain scoured it clean.” In “A Spoiled Man” I find a new world, an unfamiliar one, populated with sympathetic characters and exotic and troubling settings that bring to me a new appreciation for the good qualities of my home here in Canada.

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April 11, 2014 at 11:03 AM
Brad said...

Some of our class notes:

I like three things about the story: the settings, the conflicts and the characters.

She pushed him to do two things: kill his wife and sell his farm.

This is the sentence that describes it best: “A full sentence quote from any story that you choose.”
“Rezak” Scare quotes are meant ironically; use them if that’s what you want; otherwise, don’t use them unless necessary (single word)

The characters I liked best—Inna, Lauren and Hanieh—were



April 11, 2014 at 11:03 AM

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