Young Writers Society

OMG. I've been reading lots of short stories and this one has particularly caught my eye. It's called, "Amy Foster" and it's strange... so strange that I thought I wouldn't like it at first, but the description of the man is so captivating that I just can't get my mind off of it!

Amy Foster

What do you think? Do you think that Amy remembered him at all? Why was the doctor so detached, and yet knew so much?

*snuggles story* Talk about it here!

I got to 4
*disappears*

I skimmed through it really fast. It had so much description at the beginning that it turned me off it, but since you thought so highly of it I kept skimming to find out why.

The description of the man really was quite good. His habits and appearance were well characterized. The Doctor, I thought was a talkative annoyance even for a narrator. But I did blow through the story very fast especially parts of the middle so I didn't get a complete feel for him.

As for Amy, I am sure she will remember the man. She liked him because he was sort of exotic, so different from the sameness and everydayness of her life. Yet that same strangeness is what eventually frightened her into running away from him as he was dying. Every time she looks at her kid she's going to remember.

As I've said, I went through the story very fast but I might re-read it to try and figure out how the author created such a vivid image of the shipwrecked stranger.

Heheh, yeah, the doctor annoyed me as well, but what struck me was how much he knew about everything, without being personally involved. It was kind of creepy. Could he be symbolizing an omniscient presence, or is something else at work here?