Reflection

This research blog was not a very easy task. You had to be very careful while reading. The most important details where the small ones that you could possibly read right over (like I did multiple times). The author's use of the eyes was a huge detail that I missed on my first few reads. However, those details are extremely crucial to the tone and theme of the story.  After the eye details finally clicked with me, the passage made more sense, exponentially. The killings of the hopes and dreams were also a huge detail that you had to pull from inbetween the text. Those two details give you understanding, but you have to use your schema and basic knowledge on life and people to be able to draw those conclusions. My biggest problem with this research at the beginning, was that I was not reading outwardly. It is easy to get lost within the plot and details of the scenery and what's going inside a character's head, but if you take the time to dig deep, you can get a lot out of this little short story. I really don't have any questions left, the story basically revolves around morality and human nature. I sympthsize for both Frank's parents, and even Frank's killer. Two wrongs do not make a right. How small or how drastic of the wrong is irrelevant. Perhaps one question would be if the family eventually finds peace or will Matt live with guilt for the rest of his life. Based on my views, I'd say he'd end up living with regret. It's not what he intended, in fact it's the exact opposite, but you can't just a kill a guy. It's not your place, even for revenge. I liked the story, but it was somewhat difficult. If I had to do anything differently, I would've not waisted so much time on the research part and spent a little more time on the analytical part. I read the story multiple times, and I read internet articles multiple times; it was very neccessary. Would I do it again? Probably not, but I did take a lot from this project, both in a literary sense, and psychological/sociological one.