I like how they're telling of the story in the beginning and you're not really sure where they are and they didn't want to but suddenly we understand he's a cage fighter in the cage.
And then in the blink of an eye he's on his back unconscious being woken up by his manager/trainer/coaches, I felt like it was me.
I've been laughing through the whole dialogue exchange between Wallace and the man in the back passageway...
Specially when he says "what happened to your face"? And Wallace just replies with one word, "work". I love that right to the point, but still so vague details the guy with the green jacket nothing. For some reason I could see the expressions on the faces and I could visualize myself being there not being able to stop their bantering.
Interesting how it appears that the narrator changed and became very specifically third person when he went to see his daughter.
When the man with the green jacket returned home at the end, I can imagine the horror movie music playing as he looks to the screen door seeing Wallace talk to his wife…
I'm thinking now would be a good time for an apology, to at least break the tension of sitting so comfortably in another man's house, having a drink with his wife when he wasn't home after you just kicked his ass. Give the guy some dignity some respect and yes, apologize.
Charles, I'm interested in what you mean by the third person narrator changing. Where? How?
ReplyDeleteThe story was being told third party up until Wallace was knocked out. After the fight it felt like Wallace was telling the story, especially when he talking to the man in the estuary in the green coat. When he got to Kim's house, the Gym, the Man with the green jackets house it was third party narrating again.
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