Lust Susan Minot Analysis

Susan Minot’s short piece Lust, is about a girl reminiscing on different experiences with past relationships while she was away at boarding school, as well as what “every girl” goes through when encountering the opposite sex and sexual intercourse. Minot believes that there is no significant difference between writing a novel or a short piece. Minot says the process of putting words down on the page whether there will be 300 pages or 10, is the same process for her. It’s one draft then another, throwing things out, starting in a different direction…it’s a bigger project and more chaotic when it is longer, but the process is the same. I thought this piece was very enjoyable to read as well had a comedic value to it as well. Minot gives really