Blog Post 2

I chose to read "Pagan Night" & while reading I decided to try and spot textual or context clues that would indicate how the "ideal reader" would have read it. From the beginning of page one I realized that as a reader my sympathy or sense of pathos would be driven towards "Sunny". Throughout this story we come to know how Sunny feels through a 3rd person omniscient narrator and I came to the conclusion she was just a girl longing to travel and live the life with her high school sweetheart(Though that's just my interpretation). Coming to realize they are a couple whom travel with a forsaken child we learn that Dalton is a selfish and transcendental person who only wants to leave the child behind in order to succeed. Bias tends to fall on Sunny and the child, while remaining unnamed the child is what seems to be the key in making this story tragic. Being raised by parents hooked on drugs and can't seem to handle a steady job. Though Sunny seems to despise the child just as Dalton does, we can assume that the feelings are only derived because she follows what seems to be acceptable behavior from Dalton. Hopefully the child and the so-called mother eventually leave Dalton in order to find a tranquil shelter and safe environment, but as readers we can only assume the worst and think the child will eventually be left behind with no signs of survival. (Luis Sumano)