Birthday Party by Katherine Brush was a really powerful piece of literature. It was short, barely 3 paragraphs, but within those three paragraphs was an incredibly, well-crafted story that was full to the brim with emotion. More than any other short story or novela or full on novel, this made me feel true emotions as if this had actually happened with me sitting there in the restaurant as a primary witness.
Although not much is given on characters other than a general, physical description and that they were a normal looking couple, we delve deeper into the characters and learn to hate, in the case of the husband, and love and pity, in the case of the wife. Subtle hints like 'the man had a round, self-satisfied face' and 'the wife beamed with shy pride' let us as the reader, get to know the characters, relate to the characters and say 'Hey, I know someone like that'. The generalization of the characters makes them more appealing to readers because it allows us to come up with our own stories and assumptions about them.
As I said before, the story is very well written and even though I don't know the characters and they doesn't exist, I find that I absolutely hate the husband and I wish I could have been there to comfort his wife. I am very glad I read this piece.
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