Thinking about our discussion last class, there were a couple things I noted while reading. First off, the fact that most of this story is lead off of description and narration over dialogue. I’m not sure how much I loved this as I found myself re-reading some sections as my eyes glazed over the page. Although, some of the descriptions were quite interesting, which moves me to my second point. I felt this large parallel was being drawn between the narrator and their brother through the descriptions. You could feel the physical and emotional distance between both of them increase throughout the pages, coming to a circle at the end. I enjoyed how the author described this as them living in the physical reality while their brother lived in the virtual one. It helped me, as a reader, understand their complicated relations and peek behind the curtain of how it effected the narrator. It made me curious about what the story would be from the perspective of Will. Lastly, I thought the ending was whole, and it felt complete. It also rang true with the idea of sibling bonds, and how no matter how far or distant, they’ll be there.
Journal #10 (WRT-312)
