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Bullet In The Brain, By Tobias Wolff (1995)

Bullet In The Brain, By Tobias Wolff (1995)

Rating: 9/10

I think I personally enjoy short stories that don't follow any chronological order or series of events. Just like The Swimmer, this story was unique in its own order of sorting out events. This story is really 'short', not complicated, direct, and clear. A bit weird as we see Anders just die saying "They is... They is", but I didn't find it uncomfortable. It's quite funny because I rated The Five-Forty-Eight with a very low score because I couldn't find any message from the ending. Well even though Bullet In The Brain ends doesn't like a normal ending, I recognized the build-ups before the conclusion. Anders starts off by getting shot and for that slight moment, when his whole life and events that he remembers pass by, Unlike other main characters from recent stories we've read, I found Anders quite humorous and even felt sad with the fact that he died. Overall, the story was very light but took its unique style of attracting the readers, so I rate it 9 out of 10.

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The Tower, By Marghanita Laski (1955)

The Tower, By Marghanita Laski (1955) Rating: 9/10 This was probably the only story that I read multiple times with much depth. In the case of other stories, I usually stick to the analysis that the majority of people make about the story. But for <The Tower>, through reading it over and over, I think I came up with my own analysis. As I mentioned in my team presentation, I thought the major question was"Why did the author end with such a hopeless conclusion, even though this is a feminist story?". From the perspective of the hero's journey, "Why no reward and the elixir?". It might be interpreted that the hero has failed, that her challenge was meaningless. Was that what Laski wanted the readers to take from her story? I believe not. Finding the hidden message that when we gather help and cooperate we'll be able to see the sunset, instead of misunderstanding that the sunset doesn't exist. This is the key interpretation that I thought of, and throu...
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The Sisters, By James Joyce (1904)

  The Sisters, By James Joyce (1904) Rating: 9/10 This is so far the best story I've read. I think that <The Sisters> clearly emphasizes all the beneficial characteristics that a story can have in a form of a "short story". James Joyce's stories mostly unfold without much explanation and give the readers the responsibility to understand and follow the story, which allows the story to be shorter. Also, the ending that says nothing but delivers everything was a whole new style of literature that I actually 'felt'. How the author never even mentions a word about 'sexual abuse' in the story but manages to deliver the theme of the story was succinct in a stylish way. I think this piece of literature is suitable to recommend to those who have never tried short stories before.
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The Student, By Anton Chekhov (1894)

The Student, By Anton Chekhov (1894) Rating: 8.5/10 When I first read this story, I wasn't sure whether The Student is full of unnecessary elements that only confuse the readers or some literary devices that actually entail a message that connects the whole story. But as I read it over and over again, I found out that this piece of hard literature actually does contain deep meaning. It was fascinating to find out that the weather descriptions at the start and the end of the story show the mood. And what was even more impressive was the fact that the author implies a deep message in such normal daily events. Also, as a Christian who had heard of the Peter story since I was young, I have always taken the story as just a moral story that tells you to never lie. But in The Student, I was able to imagine different aspects of the story. Overall, I thought that these kinds of literature should be read over and over again. 
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