The Plot Has Flat-Lined!!!

Chef's House

This story seems to start out on a better position than the one about the peacock. “THAT summer Wes rented a furnished house north of Eureka from a recovered alcoholic named Chef.” (Pg. 27) This first sentence caught my attention since an alcoholic can be a very interesting character in short story. Still, this is the most interesting part of the whole story. The rest is just a woman talking about her and her husband’s very boring stay at Chef’s house.

The only thing I found a tiny bit interesting was that the narrator was a woman. “At night Wes would take me in his arms and ask me if I was still his girl.” (Pg. 29)

I wish I could elaborate a little bit more, but I simply didn’t see anything worth mentioning. This story doesn’t even feel like it were to have some kind of hidden message. The plot line doesn’t even show a slight fluctuation.