Timed Write-"Geraldo No Last Name"
In the short story �Geraldo No Last Name�, by Sandra Cisneros, the sentence structure gives the story a chaotic mood and a shocking tone. In this story, Cisneros uses very short and fast phrases. From having many short sentences, the story gets a fast feel and causes a sense of chaos. Also from the use of short sentences, the reader feels pulled into the story because of the fast pace.
The use of these short sentences brings more effect to what is going on in the story. By starting the story with �And how was she to know she�d be the last one to see him alive. An accident, don�t you know. Hit and run.� Showed a shocking tone by Geraldo dying right at the beginning of the story. Also, the quick questions in the story help make the story seem chaotic and make the reader think.
From the way the story was written, the reader can imagine how the characters are dancing or moving. The short and quick sentences lets the reader picture the people in the story dancing the salsa, cumbias, and rancheras. From the sentence structure and speed of the story, the reader can picture everything going on in the story in a fast and chaotic way.
The hospital and emergency part of the story was also more shocking and chaotic from the sentence structure. �The hospital emergency room. Nobody but an intern working all alone. And maybe id the surgeon had only come, the would known who to notify and where.� Gives an extreme feeling in the story. It shows a rushed feeling and shows that the mood of Marin is angry and upset.
From the sentence structure and style made by Cisneros used in the short story, a shocking tone was created. The fast and quick sentences helped the reader picture what was going on in the story and gave more effect on the reader.
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Reflection
This timed write was about the style of Cisneros' "Geraldo No Last Name." I wrote about how the sentence structure of the story brought a chaotic mood to the story. Because the majority of the sentences in the story were very short, it gave a very intense feeling to the story, a sense of chaos. The style of the story affected the reader and made them feel pulled into the story and rushed because of the short sentence style Cisneros used. The story felt very fast and sped up with many things going on because of the sentence structure. This paper, I think would have been better if it was more specific and had a better conclusion. Those are two things that this paper showed to me that I needed to work on.