This week in creative writing we are taking a look at essay
packet 2. I will discuss and comment on
three of the essays in the packet. They are; An Unspoken Hunger, The Art of
Sighing, and Crumbling Expectations. I chose these three essays because they are
written by three different authors and are written in varying styles as well.
The first essay I will talk about is also the first essay in
the packet called, An Unspoken Hunger. It is a very short essay but it is
perhaps the most vivid one I have ever read. As I read it I could literally see
the knife slicing and swishing through the air cutting the avocado. It also
painted a kind of scary picture at the end when he talks about eating the
avocado with sharp silver blades.
Bernard Cooper wrote the second essay, he also wrote our
beloved Maps to Anywhere. The way he weaves breath and breathing and life
throughout this essay was masterful. I also loved at the beginning where he
talks about trying to cup your hands together to hold a lake in it. It is a very
deep and profound essay and you can tell he took a lot of thought writing this
one. It is one of the better ones I have read by him.
The final story I wanted to comment on is Crumbling Expectations
by Zach Savich. I liked this essay even though I found it a little strange. I
thought it was neat how he titled it after a book his father wrote and then
went on to describe the book in detail. It felt like a very personal story to
him and I found it a little darker than some of the others for some reason.