week 8

This week’s topic for my blog is Reflection. A reflection is a story where the author describes an event and thinks about how it changed them.  Sarah Vowell does this in her short story, Shooting Dad. Vowell reflects about her life, more specifically her Dad and his obsession with guns. The imagery the author uses to show her gunsmith father’s actions is amazing.  When I read the story, I could feel for the author.  When she told the story of the disagreements of her and her dad I felt like I was fighting with the father. I also could relate to the author, being the complete opposite of my dad. I can relate to the author because I am a democrat while my father is the epitome of the GOP.

My favorite part was the section about the cannon. The author could finally accept her father’s obsession with these guns.  She even liked watching it shoot off because she realized she was just like her dad, except her obsession was journalism. I think the cannon was some sort of symbol for her dad’s strong like of guns and that’s why he wanted to be cremated and shot off in the cannon. The author also did not want to cover her ears, she wanted the noise to hurt her ears.