The Fast and the Fictitious

In this episode, Brayleigh, Kelsey, and Matthew talk about “Tenacious,” a story written by former English 2410 student, Kahlia Clark. A link to Kahlia’s story is included below. The story deals with a young woman baring the weight of being the primary caregiver for her younger siblings. The trio come to the realization that forgiveness is a two-way street, something the main character in the story took a while to realize. We hope you enjoy.

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Welcome to The Fast and the Fictitious. In each episode, students in English 2410, a Dual Enrollment Fiction course, will deep dive a story, highlight key takeaways, and relate the themes of the story to their lives.

In this episode, Ayla, Jena, and Sarah talk about “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst. All three were touched by the way Hurst infused emotion into the story as shown in the relationship of the main character and his special needs brother. They also talk sibling rivalry, delaying facing the things that make us uncomfortable, and set a modern day world record for the number of times the word ‘like’ is spoken aloud. We hope you enjoy.

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In this episode, Emma, Kynleigh, and Ashlynn talk about Aimee Bender's "Tiger Mending." In the story, a promising surgeon trades in her future career to work as a seamstress and is soon hired for a special job in Asia. Her sister, who is along for the ride, can't at first understand why she would leave everything for this strange new position. What is the nature of co-dependency? Do we ever hurt ourselves just so that others can put us back together again? We hope you enjoy.

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High school seniors Bryce and Jordan discuss Charlotte Perkins Gilman's icononc short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and talk about topics such as gaslighting in the 1890s vs modern times, the negativity of the internet, how a person's internal struggles might not be manifested outwardly, how people often create a false reality to hide from what's really going on,why people don't ask for help when they need it, a person's struggle being perceived as weakness, writing as an outlet, the value of face to face communication, the fear of failure, how we are often too concerned with what others think of us, setting achieveable goals, how, like the main character in the story, we all have walls that we must push through to become our best selves, and end with a powerful appeal to us all to remember that we are never alone.

In this episode, Alli, Abby, and Mika talk about “Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan. As seniors, each of them understand the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions at once and can relate to the protagonist in the story. How can we handle the weight of expectations when those expectations may not be what we want for ourselves? We hope you enjoy.

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