This is a response to Bigfoot Stole My Wife by Ron Carlson. When I first read this piece the only thing I could think is “is this guy a complete idiot”? All I could think was: does this guy truly believe that Bigfoot stole his wife or was it just a horribly concocted story to tell the neighbors. When he continued with the story of the experience him and his friend had when they were younger, I just assumed this man had a history of telling the unbelievable. However, this idea was completely turned on its head when we discussed the story in class. Once Dr. Davidson explained that the story of the trailer was considered true it added an entirely new view on this man. The character himself also intrigued me in how much one instance affected them. Also I then begin to enjoy the way this story showed another form of reversal just like “Returning Madame Bovary”. After the class discussion I also noticed my own tendency to tie stories together in a very obvious way rather than thinking outside of what is easily assumed. This is definitely a technique that I would like to rift off of Carlson.
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