Exercise 3

The Disenchantments
Try Not to Breathe
Lie

Each review should have a short summary that doesn't give anything away.
There is usually some opinion of the writer towards the end of the review.
There is a focus on the main character but mentions about other supporting roles.

Exercise 2

Everything in Roberta's life is described as Cruddy, although it is probably a little exaggerated. - Weakness 3

Outside of the room is "cruddy dark rain" seen through "the yellow lit-up window." - Weakness 2

"Once upon a cruddy time on a cruddy street on the side of a cruddy hill..." the repetitive use of cruddy creates a negative feel for the place she is describing. - Weakness 2

Reading, Reflecting, and More

Exercise 1

In Lydna Berry's "Cruddy" Berry's crude and terse language suggests that the narrator has a harsh violent manor. "Who can't even CONCENTRATE TO WRITE this because her little sister will NOT shut up," announces the narrator illustrating the harsh reality to her life. "I WILL KILL IF YOU TOUCH THIS," the way that the narrator speaks in the passage conveys a wretched and ill-humored ton suggesting to stay away from her things or else you will be dead. The repeating "cruddy," demonstrates the over all effect that the narrator feels through out the entire passage.