AGENDA:
Print a second short story for Short Story #2 packet.
VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPN7vDu9Rsk
Read Neil Gaiman short story and comment on blog:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/11603446/Neil-Gaiman-Click-clack-the-Rattlebag.html
Mariangelis Gonzalez
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This is a spooky story about a little boy and his sister's boyfriend. At first, I thought that the story would talk about a simple story that adults usually tell kids. Kids are told bedtime stories so that they do not get scared before going to bed. The boy is telling the sister's boyfriend a scary story about a monster-like creature. He tells him how the monster-like creature grasps onto the ones that are not paying attention. On their way to the child's room, it was dark, and the sister's boyfriend tells the child about what would happen at night. They enter the dark, and it seems as if the child is the monster. As Gaiman started to develop the child's characteristics, I noticed that the child was not as innocent and that he didn't talk like a little boy. The child knew much more. There was a lot of suspense and the reader could foreshadow the ending; the child was the monster.
Click Clack the Rattle Bag
ReplyDeleteThe story started off innocent until the boy started telling his own tales of monsters and a creepy feeling started taking over the story. Towards the end, it became obvious that there was no boy and he was indeed the creatures he was speaking about when we get more context about the house and how it belongs to the main characters girlfriend. As the "boy" pulls him into the attic and he explains the rattling he hears, the main idea of the story is now obvious.
So I could kind of tell where this was going from the start, just knowing Gaiman as a writer. It's not a very unpredictable twist, but still an enjoyable one. I think I like reading Neil Gaiman stuff so much just because his style is so simplistic yet effective, yet he can wax poetic and get extremely descriptive when he needs to. I found the concept of a creature that drains your bodily fluids and hangs your skin and bones up to rattle in the wind to be really unique and an interesting idea as opposed to just your typical horror monster.
ReplyDeletePredictable twist, but a well-written one. Gaiman never fails to impress with his writing!
ReplyDeleteThis story was pretty good and an easy read. At first I thought it was going to be a regular story about a babysitting but I didn't know where it was going. The ending was great. The fact that the boy was the click clack monster was a interesting twist.
ReplyDeleteWell written, easy to read. I could see that it was taking a twist knowing Gaimans writing however, he never fails to amaze in terms of his creativity. The story feels like something told at a campfire or some sort of urban legend which is a huge plus for me.
ReplyDeleteI like Neil Gaiman, I'm currently working my way through the "Sandman" series so I was glad to see we were reading something of his. The story was good, short and simple and not too shocking of an ending but still enjoyable. Gaiman has a distinct style and voice that I don't get tired of though.
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