First-Person Fiction

This short story was an interesting exploration of relationships in different forms and how starkly they can vary from person to person and even from time to time. From the beginning paragraph, where Lois explained that she was Jewish woman who was heavily tattooed with Jesus Christ on her (multiple times) along with a Buddha on her […]

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Reading “It’s Bad Luck to Die” offers a look into a lifestyle that may be considered ‘alternative’ by today’s standards. By 1960’s standards, the very topic of the story would be considered taboo: A couple who express their love through the art of tattoos.  The way in which the narrator speaks to her audience, to the […]

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(This isn’t intended as a real blog post for classwork, but it’s something I’ve been dying to say for a while and it feels relevant enough to the course to post here. “Ode to Billie Joe” can be found at this link.) “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry is one of my favorite songs. […]

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Below are a number of questions, in no particular order, that we’ll be considering throughout the semester. Attempting to answer them as you read — or to at least bear them in mind —  will give you a sense of the complexity and nuance of first-person point of view and the variety of ways that first-person […]

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