Reader Response #2

I was truthfully wandering if I was going to read anything that I would enjoy. Finally in the third week it comes in a comic strip. It really is almost ironic to find such strong ideas. The beginning of the story gasps my mind right away. Death is always interesting even though sad. The plot and thought thicken as the author talks, bluntly, about her fathers character. A homosexual who killed himself rather than take judgement from the small, tight knit town he lived in. To attempt to explain the reason he refused to leave, rather than stay and die, was based around the geography. Even then the ability to leave, truly, was never affected. The author then begins to show the reader the talent the house held under it's roof. Her parents never supporting her ideas, but merely revising and fixing, rather than simply teaching her and sitting with her. I begin to realize, the author, shows herself being alone a lot. Having to make her own meals and taking care of herself with out help. In fact the entire family seclude themselves individually only to meet during meal times. My favorite line is the vary last I read."And in this isolation, our creativity took on an aspect of compulsion." I find this line fascinating. Telling the reader that no longer do they even decide to be together, but rather it is now a habit. Something that is just what happens. It really is sad to be driven to isolation to full fill a persons' drive to improve, or do what they love. I say the way I do because in isolation how much can they really be enjoying themselves day after day. I really enjoy thinking about all of this and writing what I think about it. I just hope someone chooses to argue their point.