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The first time I read this story, the details drove me crazy. I could not stand the fact that there were not any breaks. No dialogue, no paragraphs it just dragged on and on. It was so frustrating. When it finally got to something other than describing the field I was relieved. I skimmed the story the first time so after the discussion in class on Wednesday I went back and re-read it. I could understand then why it was framed the way it was; however, I still feel like there are too many details in the beginning. The way the story is framed and the romantic language make the prose feel more like a poem. A long, never-ending poem. It was hard to connect this story with the time period. I know it is right before WWI and the author is probably trying to make some connection, but I just didn't get it. Some of the imagery was very detailed and grotesque. Especially with the mother and tutor. I thnk the author could have left out the incestuous thoughts by the boy. That was extremely disturbing. I did like how he described around the situations instead of saying x,y and z happened. It was much more interesting to try and figure out what was going on rather than being told this is what happened.
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