Gerenuk Tales

Alternative title for “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” “Thomas Builds-the-Fire closed his eyes and told this story…” When we first read this story, I really liked the title that Sherman Alexie gave it and thought it fit well with the style of the story. The original title doesn’t sound like a traditional short story title, but I think it fits the story that also isn’t very traditional and feels a bit off balance. While the original title did a good job of conveying the general mood of the story, it didn’t in my opinion have a whole lot to do with the content of the story. While the majority of the story relates in some way to the two boys’ trip to Phoenix, that doesn’t seem like the main idea of the story, and I think a title that is pulled directly out of the text and summarizes a big part of the relationship between the two boys would be good for this story. I think the story needs a title that keeps up with this theme throughout the whole story o...

Staging of a scene from “The Evolution of My Brother” I think it would be interesting to recreate and watch the scene in “The Evolution of My Brother” where Jenny gets frustrated with her brother and forces him to leave her room (pg.158-160). I think this scene is very interesting and adds to the description of the complicated relationship between an older and younger sibling that this story is building. In this scene after Jenny releases her anger at her brother, she immediately regrets it and hates herself for being so mean to him. I think it is really important to try and capture the swing of emotions that Jenny goes through in this scene.             If I were to arrange a stage to put this scene on, I would want the view of Jenny’s bedroom to be facing the audience, because that is where the story’s point of view is from. The wall with the door to Jenny’s room would be a...