This weeks stories were definitely
both very interesting, and each had a theme that stuck out right away. The
topic for this week is theme and after reading each story, “Take Your Choice”
caught my attention the most. Although it took me a few minutes to figure out
what was going on, once I realized what door he had chosen, it blew my mind. As
we discussed in class the meaning/definition of “theme” is known to be a
repeated purpose in the main story, or a subject or topic throughout. In “Take
Your Choice” there seem to be multiple themes to choose from, but what fits
best, would have to be the importance of decision making. I still don’t
understand why he wouldn’t choose option one or two, when both lead to peace
and happiness. I do know that some
people are risk takers and like to know what else is out there. If the main
character didn’t choose option three, the short story wouldn’t have come
together. The man didn’t seem
happy with his life to begin with, and was searching for something to make it
exciting or interesting. Making a not so smart decision lead him to this scam
where he would be able to see what the future had to hold. Every
choice/decision we make has a consequence, unfortunately his lead to destruction.
Yes, it gave him insight to the future and what was to come, but he had to
holocaust and an empty city, is that really what he wanted?
The
reason I believe decision-making fits best for this stories theme is because we
don’t just make one decision. Throughout the story, he had to make ample amounts
of decisions to get where he was to begin with. Choosing option three may not
have been the best, but he still got to see a glimpse of what the future had to
hold. Every choice we make is a lesson learned, and has a bit of risk every
step of the way.
Its
hard to read stories like this because you want the character to choose the
right choice so bad, but obviously to make the point of the story they cant. I
chose to do this one over “Second Variety” because it was easy to predict, I felt
like I knew what was going to happen after reading a few pages. They both portray great themes and
morals and I like being able to pinpoint specifics while reading.
P.S ( Im not sure if I fixed the time template problem but this was posted at 2:55, haha sorry! just thought id let ya know (: )
Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteYour time issue is fixed! Good work.
I like the way in which you point out here that the "choice" in question isn't just the one about the doors, but many--which of course is true, and we see hints throughout, including the prep work it takes to even get access to the building both in terms of the "password" and the money he paid for the privilege. A clever reading.