The Expected and Unexpected Side of Things
In “Stories Pitched by Our Parents” the stories that caught my attention the most were Robyn’s story and Jane’s story. I know that I definitely enjoyed these two the most because after listening, I realized that I didn’t have to try hard to remember what they said. To me, a good story is one that is memorable.
Robyn’s Dad’s story was the funniest out of the bunch because it is so relatable to me and is presented in a way that just gets you reminiscing about family and all that good stuff. I really like people like her father who are, I’m guessing, old but who act like little kids trying to show off their accomplishments. He’s boastful but sweet and in the end when Robyn asks him why he tells the story and he says “if anyone needs anything they need to go through me” he shows that he’s sweet on the inside and tough on the outside. Her story was memorable and it made me smile. 🙂
In Robyn’s story her dad is the typical big but sweet sort of guy and it’s familiar and well, expected. Halfway through her story I could already imagine him in my head. But with Jane’s story everything was not set in stone and no one was a typical character. Even her story, which was pointed in one direction, veered off into a different subject at the end. It was unexpected. I particularly liked her story because it touched a nerve. Because I normally don’t have to deal with the things Haitians had to deal with in the earthquake, just imagining their situations actually made me tear up a little. When she first started talking about a school being built there the disaster that hit Haiti didn’t even cross my mind and I thought the story was going to be one with a happy ending. Because the ending was unexpected though, it was memorable and it made me think and I did appreciate her story.
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I like that you picked these two stories because they’re actually kind of connected. In both of them, a Dad is boasting about accomplishments – either his own or another’s. I thought it was interesting how Robyn’s dad was so proud of a little invention he made long ago, while Jane’s dad was inspired by the work of another to change the world through free education. Comparing the two is fascinating.