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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares Mary Gaitskill's short story "A Romantic Weekend" and Kate Braverman's "Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta." The writer argues that these stories share a similar perspective and that the characters in each story fumble around like people in the dark, perceiving others through a fog of fantasy rather than as people in their own right. No Bibliography is provided.
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a revealing perspective on the dark side of human relationships. In each story, the writers create characters that appear to relate to each other only in terms of dominance and
submission, control and passivity. These stories picture damaged people trying to connect with another human soul through the processes that, in all likelihood, damaged them in the first place.
Furthermore, rather than try to connect on a real basis, the characters in each story fumble around like people in the dark, perceiving others through a fog of fantasy rather
than as people in their own right. An examination of these stories demonstrates these points and underscores the similarities in viewpoint, but also points out fundamental differences between the narratives.
For example, Braverman does not make it clear whether or not Lenny is a truly a person, or merely a personification of her unnamed protagonists problem with addiction. Lenny appears
out of nowhere and begins behaving like a stalker. The normal reaction to this would be to be terrified -- Lenny gives her plenty of reason to be terrified
-- and notify the police. Instead of doing so, Bravermans protagonist allows liberties, letting Lenny inspect her arms, arguing with this perfect stranger as to whether or not her
track marks still showed. The fact that Lenny articulates the protagonists hidden thoughts and desires provides substantiation that he is the manifestation of everything that the protagonist has been
trying to control -- her addictive behaviors. Lenny says, "You want to get in over your head. You want to see whats on the other side" (Braverman 91). Lenny is
described as "short, fat, (and) pale," with "bad teeth" (Braverman 89). In other words, there is no indication that the protagonist would welcome Lennys advances because of a physical
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