June 27
- Everyone’s…gone?
The city is empty. I could have sworn there were people here last night. I can’t
hear anything other than the wind. Maybe I’m overreacting. I’m gonna drive
around.
-Ok so I’m sure everyone’s
gone. No idea what caused this… I think my life is finally turning around! A whole
city to myself! No more people holding me down!
June 28
-Really enjoying
this whole city to myself thing. I can eat whatever I want, get all of the
things I want, live in any apartment I want. Free gas so I can drive wherever I
want. Maybe I’ll go somewhere else and see if there are people there.
June
29
-There’s a wall
surrounding the city, what is going on. This is kind of scary but there’s no
one here not even animals.
June
30
-I had a
headache today I stayed in bed
June
31
-The headache is
worse… Ibuprofen isn’t working. I wonder if this has to do with why the city is
empty.
July
1
-The headache
hurts really bad… I’ve noticed humming helps numb the pain. Frequently I hear a background static noise, like the snow
on the tv.
July
4
-Happy
Independence day! My headache has gone away so I decided to have a cookout. It seemed
natural. Cookouts aren’t much fun without other people.
July 5
-I’m starting to
feel really lonely. And this static noise is driving me crazy.
July
6
I need to get
out of here I need to--- There’s a wall around my block now. whats happening?
July
7
The wall is
shrinking this is probably my last day I’m at the top of my apartment building I
only have a few minutes left. I wish I could wake up and this was all a dream.
9 comments:
I feel like your purpose was to raise confusion to be perfectly honest. I also think think that the wall was temporary protection, like in a sense endorphins can make u happy for a little bit and the wall can protect you for a little bit.
bruh this boy has some claustrophobia yet he wants to be in a room full of people...... he's contradicting himself
I wasn’t really sure what message you were going for.
interesting.
I think this narrative is about inner isolation and depression. I feel as though this character is blocking himself in and wanting only to be alone until realizing that is only worse than having others around but by then its too late. A little confusing but its good and mysterious!
What is the purpose of this confusion?
This is very interesting... It may not be correct, but what I thought the message was was an evaluation on man's desires. To me, it very much related to the whole "The Grass is Greener..." philosophy. Like how when the story began, the man saw the situation as positive. However as time went by, he quickly realized the situation was not what he had thought. I'm not sure if that's what you were going for, but it's what I got. Very interesting choice to write in a 'journal entry' kind of format - I liked it! A little confusing, but I like stories that leave me guessing. Good job! :)
Well written and a very goo story.
I think the purpose of this story was to support the theme be careful what you wish for, because the person is happy at first that there is no one else in the city, but becomes lonely later.
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