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The Birdle

I would say that this story incarnates what would be the apartment complex version of Desperate Housewives. The whole story is about a hairstylist that watches her neighbors and goes to their houses. I thought the whole thing was boring, although I can point out some of the things I found a little bit interesting (for the sake of writing a good blog).

Initially, I thought that the main character is a very social person and enjoys company. “We went, but we didn’t care for the company.” (Pg. 195) This disproves my assumption. The hairstylist and her husband go to a party and just sit and sulk in the corner.

Regarding the tone of the story I would say that the narrator is completely disinterested in what she is saying. She just tells the story as a list of occurrences. She did this… He did that… The narrator doesn’t include any reflection whatsoever.

Finally, I managed to infer that the people living here had some money of their own. “This particular racehorse, he bought it…” (Pg. 199) Race horses are very expensive; some of them can range from six hundred thousand to a million dollars.

As for the two stories I haven’t read, I hope they’re better than The Birdle.