There's also something wonderful about how dang short "An Incident" is. It's a real tour de force, in my view. A lesser writer might have put in a scene of him at work, etc. But...why?
There's also something wonderful about how dang short "An Incident" is. It's a real tour de force, in my view. A lesser writer might have put in a scene of him at work, etc. But...why?
Exactly! I think putting more in about the narrator, would cheapen the story and turn the focus to him, instead of turning the focus to ourselves. The true genius of this story is that it presents the narrator in broad strokes, which helps us to occupy his nebulous form without resistance as we read the story...
"As you wish."
There's also something wonderful about how dang short "An Incident" is. It's a real tour de force, in my view. A lesser writer might have put in a scene of him at work, etc. But...why?
Exactly! I think putting more in about the narrator, would cheapen the story and turn the focus to him, instead of turning the focus to ourselves. The true genius of this story is that it presents the narrator in broad strokes, which helps us to occupy his nebulous form without resistance as we read the story...