https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv This Padlet explores the biographical, critical, cultural, and historical contexts of Puppy by George Saunders. en-us 2017-04-25 16:27:50 UTC 2023-01-27 18:24:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168170804 2017-04-25 16:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168170804 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168173516 The New Yorker]]> 2017-04-25 17:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168173516 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168176911 His hometown]]> 2017-04-25 17:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168176911 brettpowell_bp https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168177396 2017-04-25 17:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168177396 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168177888 University of West Florida]]> 2017-04-25 17:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168177888 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168183427 "Reading George Saunders’ stories in the new collection “The Tenth of December” is like one of those dreams when you’re in your own house, but things are strangely askew and subtly changed; you’re never quite sure where you are, and the view from the window isn’t quite what you expect it to be, but it’s exhilarating…He is a frequent contributor of fiction and humor pieces to The New Yorker, where six of this book’s 10 stories first appeared. Many of his tales unfold in a time that seems both present and future. There’s as much darkness here as a December night, but what makes these stories such a pleasure is the empathy and wit in those shadows.” -Moira Macdonald]]> 2017-04-25 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168183427 brettpowell_bp https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168183595 Saunders attended Syracuse University.]]> 2017-04-25 17:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168183595 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168378932 New York Times]]> 2017-04-26 14:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168378932 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168379425 Setting of "Puppy"
Photo Credits: Tom Sheridan]]> 2017-04-26 14:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168379425 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168384184 Nation's analysis of "Puppy" and Geoge Saunders.]]> 2017-04-26 14:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168384184 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168389461 I’m not completely sold on this story told in alternating points of view of two women who at first seem very different. First we see Marie with her children on their way to investigate a puppy advertised for sale because Marie is a mother who spoils her kids, although she says her kids are “well-loved”. Callie on the other hand is trying to hold her family together with no money and she has a child who, at the very least, is hyper-active and probably worse The question I have here is, whose story is this? Callie? Marie? The puppy? I find the two points of view frustrating, especially because Marie and Callie sound alike. We begin with Marie’s point of view and she does change along the way, but the ending is in Callie’s point of view and that is the voice we’re left with."

]]> 2017-04-26 14:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168389461 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168438621 George Saunder's thought process of writing.]]> 2017-04-26 16:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168438621 brettpowell_bp https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168695837 2017-04-27 16:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168695837 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168698710 American Culture in the 1990's.]]> 2017-04-27 17:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168698710 natalie91914 https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168699943 Thepeoplehistory.com]]> 2017-04-27 17:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie91914/yx22mlmwifwv/wish/168699943