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So far, I’ve read the following stories:

“Eraser” by Ben Stroud
“Nawabdin Electrician” by Daniyal Mueenuddin
“Closely Held” by Allegra Goodman

These three stories are all very different. I enjoyed reading them, but I’m not sure that I’ve found the one I want to write about. I might right about “Nawabdin Electrician” because I found some interesting themes in the story that I’d like to think about more. The story focuses on the life of an electrician and explores his personality, his journey to where he is today, and his job. The main reason I liked the story is because it takes a simple subject, like the life of an electrician, and makes intriguing and close-to-brilliant observations that I would never have thought of.

“Eraser” is a rather interesting story. I decided to read this story because the title intrigued me. The story is divided into different sections with subtitles. I have never read a short story organized this way, but it made it easy to follow the narrator’s thoughts. I also really liked that it was told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy. The kid has a great voice throughout the story. It reminded me of reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time several years ago because of the narrator’s youth.

“Closely Held” is a slightly depressing story. It illustrates the dissolving of a relationship. I don’t think I will do this story for my paper. However, I tend to enjoy and understand stories more the second time I read them, so we will see!

Hopefully, I will have the chance to read several more short stories before I decide which one to write about. I’m a fan of short stories =). (287)