I really didn't like this essay. I hated how it related to death and the narrator thought that death was funny. I hated that he put his father's ashes in a tupperware container! REALLY...WHO DOES THAT!? i thought that it was immoral and gross. I felt that he didn't have any respect for his father after i read that. I realize that a lot of people make fun of death so they feel better about it, but the essay went too far.
I also had a hard time following the essay, I'm still not sure what it's really about. I didn't feel that it had good transitions or that it flowed very easily. I thought that the story was bland and boring.
Also, stand up comedy isn't one of my favorite subjects or things to watch on TV, so a lot of people, I had no idea who he was talking about. I thought that the essay just rambled on about his deceased father, and there was really no moral to this story, but that in the end, he finally got some common sense and put his father's ashes into a vase, like normal people do!
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Well I agree that the tupperware went pretty far but I think she was trying to make some sort of joke that her father would've enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI agree...the tupperware thing was weird! But I have to agree with Stephen-- it seemed like something that her and her father's would've joked about. Of course, I don't really understand their humor at all, so I couldn't really connect with that!
ReplyDeleteSometimes you have to laugh about death or it just gets too depressing. Nobody wants their relatives mourning over them forever. They should enjoy what they remember about the person.
ReplyDeletei agree with that you shouldn't mourn forever, but it seemed like she didn't mourn at all... she looked back at memories..but never seemed to mourn over her father.
ReplyDeleteHuh. I didn't feel that the essay was boring at all. A little long, maybe... but, I did like it.
ReplyDeleteHer relationship with her father was really interesting. I wish I had that kind of relationship with my father...