Tuesday, September 29, 2026

September 30th Reading Michelle Chae

 "Twelve Twitter Stories"

When reading this story, I was really confused. The stories were quick and didn't have a straight storyline to follow. I did not enjoy reading this story. 

"Hunchback"

I was really confused at first while reading this story. Then, I started to feel bad for the main character when it came out that she was an editor to a story. She really wants to do "normal people stuff" such as having an abortion and getting pregnant. But it is upsetting since in reality she can get pregnant and have an abortion it is just that she feels as if her disability doesn't allow her to do that at all and she has no chance of that happening.

"I want to kick you in the back"

The main character made me curious since it seems like she wants to have genuine connections with people, but end up pushing people away. She didn't want to join her friend while playing cards and got upset when the guy wasn't interested in her romantically.

"Peope who talk to stuff animal are nice"

At first, I thought it was weird that there was a club dedicated to people that talked to stuff animals. But, I realized that it isn't that weird at all. Stuff animals are something that will always listen to you and never judge you. It reminded me of the previous story where the main character was talking to her water and how she could be fully honest to the water than to anyone else.

"The Hole"

It seems like the hole is support to represent the main character's life. She is currently stuck in her life not knowing what to do. She had to leave her old job because her husband's job making them both move. It seems like she ended up falling for a hole that was made perfectly for her even though she didn't do it on purpose. It was like how her life she ended up leaving the job because of her husband and ended up being lost in life due to it.

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