Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Short Story Blood

So in the second semester, in our 10th grade English class, we have been told to resume our blogs.  This time though, we are not going to be blogging about our independent reading book, but rather on a different type of reading material.  This semester, we are focusing on short stories.  Throughout the semester, we will be reading many different short stories, and blogging, on different aspects, that we feel are important from them. Hope you enjoy!!

        To start off, I will begin my blog, about the short story Blood, by Zdravka Evtimova.This was a very good short story, about a character that remained unknown throughout the story.  We begin the story off, in a failing pet shop.  The owner tells us that business, is very slow, and few people come in.  Then one day a lady, came into the pet shop.  This woman wasn't looking for pet food, or a puppy, but rather the blood of a mole.  The owner, said that he had no such thing, but when the lady said that the blood of the mole could cure her son, he felt sorry for her.  He told her to wait, and he went in the backroom, and cut himself.  He gave his blood to the old lady and said that it was the Blood of a mole.  The lady then left.

       On a random morning, a few days after giving the strange lady his blood, this woman returned to his store.  She was very happy, and was kissing and hugging him, because she said that the "Mole Blood" worked.  Of coarse the shop worker was surprised that his blood had worked.  The lady wanted to give him a gift of money, but he would not accept.  The same day that the lady came in and said the the Blood worked, another man came in and asked for the same stuff, the blood of a mole.  The man grabbed his arm, were his cut was, and made it start to bleed again. Then he collected his blood, and then took off.

This story abruptly ends, because the next morning, there is a mob of people outside his door with knifes.
  1. What do you think happened to this man in the pet shop? I believe that everyone found out, that he had this very special Blood, and they wanted it, and with everyone having knifes, they killed him.
  2. Why do you think that his blood worked? I think that maybe because he was around animals so much, that he had acquired an adaptation, that made his blood like a moles
  3. Would you consider the mob of people greedy?  I think that this mob of people are greedy,. because they are only thinking about themselves, and they do not even care if this man dies.
   Please share your opinion!