Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The best Best American Short Stories

Toga Party was definitely the most entertaining story. Who would imagine old people in real life dressing for a Toga party? Let alone even going to a toga part--or any party for that matter. I mean, the ending pretty much sucked, but what kept me reading was to find out what the ending was.

It was also pretty funny that the old people at the party were acting like teenagers! Getting their moves on by fishing for grapes with their mouths, and that "ring" toss game. Haha. But I definitely wasn't expecting the actual ending that the story ended with. I was totally expecting Richard to finally accept death and not fear how he would kick the bucket plus not worry about his will anymore...but I guess in the end, the garage light timed out and he finally had no need to worry.

I totally agree with Nicole though, it would suck if it was our parents who did that to themselves- killing themselves and leaving us kids to deal with the bodies! But, I guess in reality they would have died sooner or later, and would have interrupted their children's work and family life anyway...

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