The main idea of the story Shacks by Edward P. Jones is he is trying to reach out to his dream girl but in reality it would never work between them. The author said that the pages he wrote to Sandra were between five and fifteen pages every time he sent a letter to her. I think him writing to Sandra was a story in his mind almost like it was a novel to him being that he wrote so many pages to her a few times during the week. The author wrote the essay to entertain readers about a time in his life obsessing over a girl that turned out to be productive. This is because if he had not continued to write Sandra over and over again for a long time then perhaps he would of never found his career calling. He is writing for students that can learn that
