5/11/15 H.W. : "Break the Bridges to Build the City"

Questions I Have for Myself of my Author's Work
-If he were to read my imitation of his work how accurate would he consider it?
-What would Diaz think of the assignment as a whole? Respected that we're trying to model his style or offended for attempting to?
-The echoing themes that we find in his work in class, are they intentional or something we had just happened to notice?
-How does he create these stories? Does he go over the order of events from each metaphor and flashback or free-write it out?
-When writing this series of stories did he expect it to do as well as it did?

Passages I Found to be Hot Fyre
"He spent both nights with the Tunti people, resetting the trap and burning the blood and when he came back he was grinning and tired, his white hair everywhere, and my mother had said, You look like you've been out getting ass." (Aguantando 72)

Everything about this statement is great. From its descriptive length, to the language he uses to describe his Grandfather, to finally his mother's statement of his Grandfather getting ass. While being humorous and descriptive, it gives off what I would feel as a positive vibe coming from the family despite being in such troubling times which is something that I thoroughly enjoy. I also like the way he describes his grandfather because it gives me the satisfying image of a grinning, inventing, mad man. In terms of my story I understand that if I want to create and idea of somebody, I need to use details as almost pieces of a puzzle to fully exploit the intended image that I am attempting to create.

"He has his power of INVISIBILITY and no one can touch him." (No Face 155)

This is another one of my favorites from the story mainly because that it is from the point of view of Ysrael. It's also possibly the only story written in a third person view so in reality we don't really know who the narrator is. I'm not sure why I'm drawn to this statement but it is one that stuck with me even after reading the book. Perhaps it's because I enjoy the thought of Ysrael of having the powers of invisibility. It's sad because I can't find much more than I really like this statement and I don't know why.