SSJR #2 - Colette
Initial Personal Reaction:
“The Hand” makes me feel like I need to be aware even if I know my husband for a year and six months. Elements that caught my attention to the story was “kidnapping, nail with pink varnish” and “monstrous hand” something horrible for me as a young girl. Right now, I’m trying not to think about the negative, but at the same time beware of my husband “hand”. even if he loves me, I never know in the future he might lean his hand on me. Scary.
Literally Element/Thematic Analysis:
The author intent of using foil between a specific hand holds a significance of a person life. Just a specific hand, but that specific hand create meaning include nature. The uses of irony a hand that is evil and a hand making loud sound which shows a person personalities. Even when looking at a person by judgment (they look nice, cute and etc…); but really they are different from the inside. What the narrative point out behind the story describing the husband upper body (face that is nice) and the middle body (“the hand”) changes the way she sees.
Questions/Comments:
When I read this short story I was not into it. And its weird because he wear pink polish on his nail. What do you think about the story, did you like it or not?
I neither liked it nor disliked it. This story required a lot of building your own interpretation and everyone views things differently.
ReplyDeleteI thought the story was weird because she was afraid of a hand. I was thinking that the pink polish represents his feminine side. It's not my favorite story to read but I don't hate it either.
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