Short Story Response

   
     As I was reading the short story, I could see the tension and rivalry between the granddaughter and Da-duh. Da-duh is very close minded in a sense that she compares everything to Barbados and most of the time she says that Barbados is better. Da-duh thinks that the Bissex is taller than just about everything else, but then she hears about the Empire State Building and she finally realizes that New York is better. I think that da-duh doesn't realize how much the world has evolved from when she was born because she has never really experienced any place besides Barbados. The granddaughter has never been to Barbados, so she will have to learn the ways from her grandmother about Barbados.

    I thought that this short story focused on one topic and because of that I thought that the reading was slow. The transition from the granddaughter leaving to Da-duh death was very quick and was not thought out well. The conclusion paragraph was well written and I liked the details. Da-duh's death was very descriptive and I thought it was well written. Overall I enjoyed reading this short story and what made me liked it the most was that it was written a long time ago.