Blog Post 3/6

 Upon reading the Oates story found in our fiction PDF I realized just how complex writing fiction really is. You have to do research or know from personal experience how a situation feels an effects a person. If I wrote a story about being a lawyer, but I wasn't a lawyer and did nothing to figure out what being a lawyer was actually like I would not be paining a accurate enough picture for my audience. In Oate's story he told a first person perspective from a girl who was abducted by a serial killer. If you had no prior knowledge you would swear it was written by an actual abduction victim.

  The story took a turn as the abducted began developing "feelings" for her abductor. It is a very common occurrence in those who have been kidnapped. The illness is called Stockholm Syndrome which is where a person who is abducted begins to build a relationship with the person who took them. When it comes to writing the story from first person perspective not only do yo have to know about the illness, but you have to give a analysis of how it affects your character internally as well. That is not an easy feat, like I said maybe she did experience this or had the chance to speak with someone who experienced this or just researched people who experienced this.

 The complexity of the girl in that story was unreal. The way she described her injuries and how it symbolized a metamorphoses of her character from the beginning of the story until the end. She began as a scared, fearful person but as her relationship built with the lunatic she gained a sort of numbness to her pain. I believe this was due to the killer wanting to numb her to death in a attempt to shape her to his ideal bride stature. Though I felt the story could have took the characters a little bit further I feel it was a very excellent, unsettling piece of fiction.