On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning

"Once upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl. The boy was eighteen and the girl sixteen. He was not unusually handsome, and she was not especially beauitful. They were just an ordinary lonely boy and an ordinary lonely girl, like all the others. But they believed with their whole hearts that somewhere in the world there lived the 100% perfect boy and the 100% perfect girl for them. Yes, they believed in a miracle. And that miracle actually happened." ( page 70)

The first thing I noticed was that it started off with the "Once Upon A Time." This is a tactic used by an author to set a happy fairytale tone to the story. I also felt that since this was set up to be like a fairytale, the author used very simple syntax and diction. Everything was so simple, because many times fairytales are meant for children, so the tone and set up was set up for a child to read the story. He did describe many things, but repeated the same adjectives over and over. This repetition was trying to get the point across that they were ordinary people who were lonely. Later on we find out that they stay lonely. It also uses repetition by repeating the 100% perfect. The author is trying to point out that this is the perfect match. It corresponds with the miracle part because these types of things only happen once in a life time. The last thing that he used was parallelism. When talking about the boy and girl, the author uses the same adjectives in the same order to describe them. This shows us that they are identical to each other, once more enhancing the fact that they are 100% right for each other.

The Kangaroo Communique

Once again. I see I'm talking about myself too much. But all things considered, its unavoidable. I mean, I don't even know one solitary thing about you. I've got your address and your name, and that's it. Your age, income bracket, the shape of your nose, whether you're slender or overweight, married or not-what do I know? Not that any of that really matters. It's almost better this way. If at all possible, I prefer to keep things simple, very simple-on the metaphysical level, if you will.


I thought that this post was very interesting. It is talking in the first person, yet the author is bringing the reader into the story. This could also be considered second person. He is talking directly to us, to bring us into the story and get the reader more interested in what is happening. I also found the syntax to be very short and to the point sentences like you were doing this or this. He likes to keep things simple ironic, since everything that he is writing is very confusing, and unconventional. The author used paralleism. It was either one thing or another in the sentences.

The Kangaroo Communigue

" Maybe that strikes you as odd. You ask yourself why should looking at kangaroos make me want to send you a letter? And just what is the connection between these kangaroos and me? Well, you can stop thinking those thoughts right now. Makes no nevermind. Kangaroos are kangaroos, you are you."I found this passage extremely confusing. The diction is very simple, yet it doesnt make sense. "Makes no nevermind. Kangaroos are kangaroos, you are you." This makes no sense, yet the diction itself is very simple. I also found the tone of this to be very mysetrious. He keep on asking you questions, to make you think. The author wanted you to get involved in the text, so that you could read through it. I feel that by asking questions, the author was able to get the reader involved in the text. I dont really know what he wanted us to get out of the kangaroos, but it got me interested in the text. This one paragraph sets you up for what you will soon find out in the coming story.

The second bakery attack 2

Along now, I leaned over the edge of my boat and looked down to the bottom of the sea. The volcano was gone. The waters calm surface reflected the blue of the sky. Little waves-like silk pajamas fluttering in a breeze-lapped against the side of the boat.
I stretched out in the bottom of the boat and closed my eyes, waiting for the rising tide to carry me where I belonged.


I think that this represents the narrators feelings. This story that he was telling was actually trying to tell him that he needed to get rid of the curse. The volcano symbolized this curse or story that had been building up in him and he needed to get it out. Once he got it out and "tried to undo it" it went away and everything finally fell into place. It was like he was able to finally live the life he always wanted to. I took the last line as though he was saying he is going to wait for whatever comes his way, and it will just bring him to where he is really supposed to belong. He isn't going to worry anymore because things seem to just work out. It seems that everything will be better for them though with how happy it ended with the blue skies and calm, soft waves.