Fiction Packet 3 Review

When I read fiction packet 3 I decided to review "When It Rains It Rains A River." This story talked about two brothers who loved the rain. When it rained usual children go in the house but they go outside to play. They play in mud and love when it rains. Most of the short story was metaphorical and I even got the feel that I was reading a poem at times. For example when the author says "When the rain stops drumming down, us brothers, we drop down, onto our hands and knees, down in mud, and we begin to eat. We eat until our bellies are big with mud." I believe that they were not actually not eating mud but metaphorically speaking. Mud is the building block of life so it means that they are eating plants. Also "We look up into girl's eyes to see that each moon, it is a mirror." I believe that it was referring to being in a relationship. "When we dive inside each of these moons, each moon shatters into a billion pieces. Each broken chunk becomes a star... The stars are burning fish." It reminds me of a heart break. And finally "Watch us brothers reach out to these burning fish fires with our hands mittened with mud. We stick our hands, unfisted, into this fire." This symbolize the boys reaching out for help or forgiveness from the girls. This story is filled with metaphors and pretty much talks about the boys relationship troubles.