Fiction Packet Response

    I enjoyed reading this fiction packet a lot more than the poetry packets. I felt like I didn't have to read deeply into the stories to find a hidden meaning or anything. The stories were more straight forward. Although I say this, I did find a few of them to be slightly confusing. However, I still enjoyed quite a few of them, like "The Colonel" and "Misdemeanors", for a couple examples.
    The Colonel story interested me because I kind of grew a sudden hate for the characters right from the start. I don't know if anyone else felt this way toward the family. Just the way they carried their lives, in such a pompous way, like they're better than everyone else. They even had a golden bell to call the maid, so they didn't have to get up and trouble themselves. People like that just irritate me, so I read this story with some envy and hate. I liked that this story did that to me though because I usually just enjoy a story for it's simplicity, or how I can relate to it. On the contrary, I read this one with envy and not being able to relate; however, I still enjoyed it just as much as I would have if it was reversed.
    The Misdemeanors story was funny, I thought and I like funny things, they appeal to me. The story took a not so serious scenario and made it into a serious one, while, at the end, making it funny and not serious again. The fact that the man went to jail for robbing a bowling alley, but tells everyone he's an ex-con is funny in itself because he is trying to act tough and make it seem like he didn't go to jail for something extremely stupid and idiotic. Maybe if he had stolen more money, he would own up to his actions. But, he only got away with pockets full of pennies. I actually laughed out loud when I read, "So here come the police and they find the Old Man barefoot, with his socks on his hands like gloves, and his pants hanging down to his knees because his pockets are full of pennies." I just painted the picture in my mind and couldn't help but to laugh, which I did not do very much while reading the poetry packets.