Out of all four readings assigned this week, I enjoyed reading the two stories from "Dubliners" by James Joyce the most. In the first story "An Encounter", I wasn't suprised to read that it's no different in Ireland than it is in America when it comes to children wanting to make their own adventures, and an unexpected adventure they did find. As I read, I found the story interesting, because the author is discussing his life in Ireland and his perspective alone caught my imagination of how life was there at that time. The story started to take an even bigger twist when the older gentleman appears in the story, my interests started to grow even larger at that point. Especially when at this man out of nowhere just passed by him and Mahony, but then he turned back around heading towards them again. Initially, his conversation is a kind of sweet, but at little odd at the same time. At this point I'm thinking, what is this guy up to? Then, he leaves again and comes back after Mahony was off on his chase and there it is...suspense like a wildfire burning straight down from my brain into my fingertips as I flipped the pages! My pace of reading started to increase as I wondered, what is this guy going to do. As his rantings started to turn violent and even more awkward, I kept thinking, please don't hurt the boy! Then the boy slips away thank God, and it I'm reminded of when I was young and found myself in a uncomfortable situation with my heart beating through my chest as well, trying to escape without letting the suspicious catch on to my frightful realization.
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