In what ways does the story
relate to the idea of "the radical" as we discussed in class?
For me
the story seems radical because of the way that he narrates his story and his
writing style seem very radical because it feels different and flows differently
than most of the other stories. It gives the story more personality and makes
it feel comical. He also uses vocabulary in a unique way by using a vast amount
of description words, which seems uncommon in most writings and also makes the
way the story seem radical. This reading may also be radical because the
author’s narrative starts somewhere very different from where it finishes and
covers a large amount of information in a short passage. I feel as if this is
different because most authors tend to keep on a singular subject for a while
but this author’s mind seems to go everywhere in the narrative which shows creativity.
I also think that this is radical because the concept seems very unique and
different the author is describing something that doesn’t exist and can’t exist
in a narrative that makes it feel as if it really happened. It would be
impossible for a person to see every point at once since humans can only see
very few things through the human perspective at one time but the author
challenges the reader to see the unimaginable.
How does the story inform or
change your understanding of time?
This story changes my
understanding of time because in a person’s life they can only see the events
that are happening from a singular perspective, but this passage made me try to
imagine all the things that happen in a single point of time which is
unimaginable since there is so much to see. To me this reading shows me that
even though a few seconds isn’t much time, if you try to think about what
happens in a second everywhere one second is really a lot and very significant
because if you combine everyone’s’ perspective at that time a lot can happen.
