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March 19, 2006
Some People's Good Fortune is another's Bad Luck!
O'Connor, ''A Stroke of Good Fortune'' -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)
I love the title of this Story, because it is so appropriate. Babies are normally considered as Good Fortune or Bundles of Joy...Well...Ruby thinks otherwise!
Out of all of the O'Connor tales so far this is my favorite. I laughed the entire time I read it! "Well, he had about as much get as a floor mop...And him turned out to have no more charge than a dish rag." Poor Rufus! Haha...I mean the poor man is getting blamed for pushin his mother more into her grave all the long being compared to cleaning utensils!
"I don't need no doctor," Ruby muttered. "I can take care of myself. I haven't done bad at it all this time." Honestly, Does Ruby seriously consider herself that much better than everyone...Even a Doctor? This lady cracks me up. She does not need a doctor, but she has no idea why she is "sick," but just by the symptoms that were being described in the story even before she spoke with her friend...I am saying to myself, "She is not sick, She is pregnant!" Obviously she is not that much smarter than the average Joe if she does not even figure that one out. I could give her some credit and blame it on her denial, but truthfully, can you really deny something so very obvious? And if you are doing so then that is a sign of stupidity!
Posted by TerraStumpf at March 19, 2006 09:48 PM
Comments
I agreee with you having a baby, should be one of the greatest things in the world to experience. But she is not docotor so how does she know what is going on with her body. She is completley crazy, how could she say she is not pregnant. I don't think shs seems to care.
Posted by: Melissa Lupari at March 20, 2006 11:15 AM
I think she knew all along what her real problem was, but she didn't want to admit it.
Good point about babies being bad fortune from Ruby's perspective.
Posted by: ChrisU at March 21, 2006 08:42 AM