Blog Post 17: Picture Perfect

In my opinion, the author of 'This Is How You Lose Her', gave the short story 'Flaca' a candid type tone, which means to be truthful or straightforward. He goes back and narrates the story of how he met Veronica Hardrada, who is also known as 'Flaca'. In this short story, he seems very calm. He doesn't seem to be immature about it in any way. She is the only one who he says that he loves in the story so far. "Your left eye used to drift when you were tired or upset." (Yunior pg.81) He shows that he remembers, that actually had something for her, and that he was happy with her. He has not said or shown that for the other girls that we have met already. I picked this picture and this quote because he is very honest with the audience that he loved her, and the picture shows that he has memories of being with her. As of now, my favorite short story has been 'Alma'. I liked this one because the girl, Alma, did not put up with him. Once she found out that he had been cheating on her, she acted quickly and broke up with him. I like it because it shows that no one should put up with someone else's bullshit. It showed that women also have character, "A cocksucker, a punk motherfucker, a fake-ass Dominican." (Alma pg.50)