Response to 'The Management of Grief'

In the eyes of Kusum.

I was almost numbed when I first heard the new about plane from Shaila. She came to my home at mid night I did not want to believe what she was saying.
"Haha. No way. Please don't joke with me."
I hoped it was a joke even though I knew Shaila was not a person who would joke to visit my home at midnight.
Shaila told me she was being serious. To check it one more time, I turned on the CBC News and there was a large new flash going at the bottom. It said ' A Flight disappeared'
I couldn't believe it. Why my family? Why did that had to happen to my family?
I was trying to calm down as possible as I can but I my voices started to shake. I kept praying for my husband and daughter’s safety. Shaila decided to call Judith Templeton, but she seemed not to be the answer. I would want to call a person. Right now, I wanted to grab a person and just ask him or her to solve this problem. But just knowing what’s going on with the plane was hard enough.
Even when a hundred hour has passed, I was stumbling and screaming. And finally I calmed down. I told Shaila that we cannot escape our pate. I told her that all those people – our husbands, my boys, her girl with the nightingale voice, all those Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Muslim, Parsis, and atheists on that plane – were fated to die together off this beautiful bay. The reason why I said this was because I was so hopeless that this was the only way that I could relevemy stress.

Response to 'Shawanagan Bingo Queen'

Shawanagan Bingo Queen is a short story by Josheph Boyden. In this story, I paid special attention to the setting of a story. There are many ways in which an author can describe a setting. It could be geographic location, cultural backdrop, artificial environment, props and object. In Shawanagan Bingo Queen, the setting is mostly described by cultural backdrop. Cultural backdrop is when the setting is created by cultural background, the way of life, customs and beliefs. First, the author talks about the character's cultural background of Ojibway. This is quite interesting because it is unique to hear about native stories and learn about how natives become a part of Canada. In the story, Ollie does not want Mary to work in Casino because she thinks it is just for White man. Here we can see how some native people think about the whites.
The setting is also established by artificial environment, how it talks about the Bingo Hall, that being the only main location throughout the entire story. I think this is a good way to tell the story. Also it leaves the readers with the ability to imagine how the location looks, letting them use their imagination.

Response to 'An Ounce of Cure'

Ounce of cure, a short story by Alice Munro is about developing individuality and discovering oneself. “An Ounce of Cure” in relation to the adage ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ is meant to show that the saying got mixed up in the way that the main character is a young girl who didn't think ahead and therefore would not have been able to heed this saying. In the story, the main character spends hard time dealing with emotional issue. Instead of preventing, the girl tried to overcome the issue by taking pills which is an ounce of cure. Of course, this did not work well as it was not a good choice. The theme of this short story is about developing individuality and discovering oneself. It was a touching since the author described a teenager's emotion carefully, and I was able to sympathize with the theme as a teenager. At the end of the story, the main character was found drunk in Mr. Berryman’s house when she was suppose to babysit. This was her result of being emotionally depressed by breaking up and being obsessed with her boyfriend. If she concealed her emotion more, I think she would able to have an ounce of prevention ratherthan an ounce of cure.