Sometimes A Romantic Notion Analysis

On the other hand, we see how the narrator is emphasizing the bitterness of romantic notion and how it often misleads people. He mentions the hairdresser’s romantic notion of becoming a lion trainer, and that of the Italian circus performer. When we take a closer look on his criticism on male’s romantic notion of going to war, we can tell he is extremely harsh on such idea: “honorable and brave with your buddies in glorious battle. But when your balls are blown off, it is not romantic…My son got his nuts shoot off?” (36). The “balls are blown off”, “nuts shoot off” are all very direct and negative yet truthful consequences when one goes to war. Further on, the narrator stresses his disgust when pointing out romantic notion as a “crap” and it
In her writing, Megan Stielstra is persuading those who believe they are fighting their battle, called life, on their own to realize that many other people are also on the same boat, suffering and facing the same challenges. There are a couple reasons why I do not really like this piece. One of them is the behavior of the narrator; another one is the failure to create suspension and doubt in the character
Though I get the main purpose of this essay, I don’t really think it has created an effect on me. Part of it is because I cannot relate to the character, another is that I know the narrator too well that I know what is going to happen. Everyone knows what is going to happen. Her personality is so set in stone that the room for interpretation is limited. We all know she is super anxious, worrisome, and over-protective from the way she talks to the audience, the way she thought of another woman over the screen, the way she rolls the stroller on the street. In addition, everything is so crystal clear and evident that there is no much need to go back and flip through the story once again to understand the underlining purpose. The ambiguity element is missing in this essay, thus makes this work less appealing and less effective on