Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Mr. Fiddlehead
Mr. Fiddlehead was quite a change from the stories in the first book (maybe not so much from the previous stories in Volume II, but I always read my story first) in that it is set in fairly modern times (i.e., the year of my birth). I thought it was interesting because, as with most of our stories so far, they start out seeming fairly benign and then you begin to see something is wrong (first really seen with the earrings in the shop). I thought it was a good story about how things in our imagination can truly come to life. Again, I find myself pinpointing the ending before it has arrived, but maybe I am just thinking of the obvious stories.
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I agree, it is a pretty big change from what we're used to seeing. I would venture to say that it's different from the other stories we read in volume II, and for that matter, pretty different from anything I've ever read in my life. This story was really bizarre, but it was entertaining.
ReplyDeleteIt was a pretty strange read, but I thought it was a neat concept. Having the fruits of someone's imagination change the behavior of another person. Only this time the imagination of that other person isn't presented as a peice of art, or novel, or other expressive form, but as a person. It reminds me of Law and Order episodes I've seen where the killer blames his behavior on a video game or movie, something that is created from someone else's imagination to take the blame off of himself for his wrongdoing. In this story, we see at the end the inspiration and motive to do exactly the same, to commit some sort of wrong for selfish reasons, to keep Mr. Fiddlehead.
ReplyDeleteI kind of disagree Kent. While it was bizarre, it is written in such a way that everything seems linear and logical.
ReplyDeleteKent, could you elaborate on why you find this story something of an anomaly, compared to the rest of the stories in Volume Two?
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, by Matthew Dicks, was written after M.D. had read "Mr. Fiddlehead"? The last paragraph of Ch. 8 certainly resonates…
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