Nian Liu

Man on Pink Corner and Et Cetera

The Man on Pink Corner was not my most favorite story because of the story structure itself. The author of this story named all these people and expected me to know their past with just a sentence or two of description. It was hard for me to imagine the full personalities of these people and justify their actions based on history because there wasn't enough of it. We are only told that, Francis the Real has a face of an Indian and has the reputation to be feared, but we dont know anything else about his past. Et Cetera is an example of good and evil/ right and wrong and how being good or being right will lead to benefits. I felt that the story Et Cetera carries a theme that relates to our present society. The theme of obeying the right laws will eventually grant the person harmony is what the story ET Cetera seems to be gunning for.