Doing the analysis

First of all, I really enjoyed all of the stories. The different writing styles, the way each author has such a background it influences their writing. Obviously I haven't posted a blog in about a month, and the only reason is because I just got my book last week! So, here it goes.

The one story that I really liked, the one that made such drastic points about society, irony, and conflict would have to be "The Fix". Sherman, the main character, has this extraordinary ability to be able to fix things. It could be cars, foot massagers, refrigerators, and then most importantly, human lives. Not just saving their relationships or tax problems either, (as stated on pg 140 and 141) he can literally save them from death. I liked how the author never really gives the reader a visual image of his face. This shows that Sherman could be anyone, me, you, the townies walking around town, it just makes this character so much more important. When reading this, I definitely saw the similiarities with Sherman and Jesus. Yes, Jesus Christ. Jesus obviously could "fix" things, water into wine, resurrection, blah blah blah, but Sherman has also this power, but is living here in the modern day. What would Jesus be like in the modern day? Would everyone crowd around and ask him to fix them? I believe so. People are praying asking him to fix them right now, what makes you think they won't be all over him whenever he comes back? The society that is written about could be any modern society, and the irony is that this man was beaten because he doesn't fix things, now ends up dieing because he fixes too many things. I think this story has a lot more behind the words, and my analysis will be much longer next time. :)