Week 3: Cartucho - Nellie Campobello
Week 2: Cartucho Reading Cartucho this week was an interesting experience given the actual structure of the book, especially how parts were divided into 1-2 page stories. Each “story” seemed almost like an excerpt of something bigger as they often lacked a clear introduction, rising action, climax or resolution. Each story seemed to begin abruptly and end equally as abruptly with maybe a sentence or two of a conclusion. As I read the first few pages, I didn't feel like I was learning about the plot or characters as I read in the way I normally would when reading a book in English class for example. Normally there is an introduction, an establishment of the setting and character development, however this book did not exactly follow this structure. Yet, I believe this in many ways is what intrigued me to keep reading. The short stories, each ending with little to no resolution left me wanting to read the next. This element of story structure had me thinking about our d...