The essay "The Monster Mash" effected me the most. It talked about death, which is a touchy subject for me, and well anyone I am sure. It really made me think about life and death, and how vulnerable it is.
In the essay, Sedaris tells how seeing so many dead people intrigued him but also disgusted him. It was intriging because all the people had died in pecular ways, for example, falling off a latter while changing a lightbulb, how unordinary. (David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed In Flames, page 113) He tells how after having this experience, he is not able ti see people the same agian for weeks, always imagining them dead.
Sedaris described the dead people very detailed as well, describing a man who jumped off a building and his eyes literally fell out. That was disturbing. He talked about how, as a child, he was actually quite interested in death, as most kids are. And even when he was desgusted by it in the autopsy room, it was still intriging. I was intriged as well.
The author does a good job of keeping the reader inturestes, but also is confusing and you can lose what the topic is sometimes when you are reading. HIs experiences are pecular and sometimes I wonder if they are actually real. But in the end, I believe what I am reading because he is a pecular man and I am sure he has weird experiences.
I liked this essay the best because it had the most desription and touched me the most, even if it wasnt in a good way. Sedaris' weird way of thinking and writing is an exciting thing to get a glimpse inside of through his books.
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