What If: My Life Was A Short Story

This week we read the short story Boys, in class. Through the heavy use of repitition, of the boys enter the house, we reasoned that at least a few parts of this story story are applicable to every boy. Therefore it is a model. What if my life was the model for the lives of girls? When I look over my life experiences, I think that the events are too boring to write a short story about. Then I move to my frame of mind and i don't contemplate about anything out of the ordinary. Even thought I may not think my story would be a good model for the lives of other girls, it may be mundain and simple enough to apply to girls everywhere. Just to be clear, I do think my life has value and I do think I will leave a lasting influence on the people I spend time with. This lasting influence happens, I think, because everyone may take part in similar activities, but the details add importance and emotion. Boys applies to nonfictional boys because the narrator describes on situation that everyone does, entering the house, and he adds detailed experiences to this single experience. If my life was a short story, the narrator might talk about something similar such as looking out the window or sitting on the couch; then he or she would add specific events to those simple actions.

Aside from the structure of the story, I think that it would be really strange if every reader knew all of my quirky habits. I don't think I would want a short story to be written about me. I am a quiet, private person; therefore, I wouldn't want the attention or possible questions that would come along with the plot. Also, currently, I don't know what the climax would be. Maybe I'll never know what the climax is, only someone on the outside could know. I don't think my story would be possible in my brain because I don't know who would write it. My only guess would be if someone, that I don't know, found a scrapbook or a photo album of my life and wrote a story. We talked about this in class. If Boys was written the same way then that explains why the names weren't mentioned and why the story it more universal.

Pretty much, I wouldn't want a story about myself. Therefore, when I begin writing a short story, I'm hopefully going to write about a fictional character. To tell you (Mr. Allen) the truth, I'm not looking forward to writing a short story. On a seperate note, I apologize for the poor writing today. I've been really busy with Variety Show.