Short Story Of Katekoppen
Kattekoppen
The short story, Kattekoppen, is about a Dutch born man named Levi that had joined the U.S Army, a navy seal, and soldiers in Logar, Afghanistan. I feel like this story had a lot of good descriptive detail in it, but I didn’t feel like I never figured out the main point of the story. But what I did figure out, was that the title of the story came from Levi’s Dutch licorice candy that was sent to him from his mother. This particular candy was his favorite as a child but had grown to not like it, but his mother still sent it to him in care packages. This candy plays somewhat of a significant role in the story even though everyone who tries it absolutely hates it. When Levi leaves for the birth of his son in Texas, he is replaced by …show more content…
Although he isn’t a very interesting young man he appears to be very good at his job, and the navy seal narrator thinks for a second that he might have to replace Levi with this computer loving guy. But the navy seal does not replace him, and it seem to be because of Levi’s horrible candy. Throughout this story the narrator paints a vivid picture for the reader to understand what is happening throughout the numerous scenes.
One of the first descriptive moments of the short story was on the very first page. “We set out from the dog cages under a full moon, which seemed to cast X-rays rather than light. Thus the dogs’ ribs were exposed, as was the darkness below the ice on our steep climb uphill.” (Mackin, pg. 202) I feel like this quote described the scene very well, because it set the scene of a dark night with a eerily bright moon. The moonlight accented all of the details that they never would have seen in the daylight. I feel like it also set the mood of the story, because the descriptions were very dark and deep and that is how the story felt.
The short story, Kattekoppen, is about a Dutch born man named Levi that had joined the U.S Army, a navy seal, and soldiers in Logar, Afghanistan. I feel like this story had a lot of good descriptive detail in it, but I didn’t feel like I never figured out the main point of the story. But what I did figure out, was that the title of the story came from Levi’s Dutch licorice candy that was sent to him from his mother. This particular candy was his favorite as a child but had grown to not like it, but his mother still sent it to him in care packages. This candy plays somewhat of a significant role in the story even though everyone who tries it absolutely hates it. When Levi leaves for the birth of his son in Texas, he is replaced by …show more content…
Although he isn’t a very interesting young man he appears to be very good at his job, and the navy seal narrator thinks for a second that he might have to replace Levi with this computer loving guy. But the navy seal does not replace him, and it seem to be because of Levi’s horrible candy. Throughout this story the narrator paints a vivid picture for the reader to understand what is happening throughout the numerous scenes.
One of the first descriptive moments of the short story was on the very first page. “We set out from the dog cages under a full moon, which seemed to cast X-rays rather than light. Thus the dogs’ ribs were exposed, as was the darkness below the ice on our steep climb uphill.” (Mackin, pg. 202) I feel like this quote described the scene very well, because it set the scene of a dark night with a eerily bright moon. The moonlight accented all of the details that they never would have seen in the daylight. I feel like it also set the mood of the story, because the descriptions were very dark and deep and that is how the story felt.