Gas-Guzzling's Short Story 'Worthless Days'

“Worthless Days”, the title alone suggest this short story could be about a lot of different things. When the story starts, the author starts with a question or a pun where the author ask “I wonder if I am the only one who suffers from worthless days”. Starting the story this way instantly makes the reader either agree or disagree with the author. This draws the reader in to wonder, “Where is this going?”, whether they agree or not with the initial sentence the curiosity settles in. As the first paragraph continues the author uses the words; “gas-guzzling, fresh-air-hogging, plant-consuming, water-sucking, free-loader”, the use of these words to describe the way they feel about themselves to over-exaggerate the way they feel about their worthless days. Also, as other way to engage the audience on a more personal level. After the …show more content…
How did the dog go unnoticed? I find it strange that a yard full of people didn’t no one noticed the dog but that’s the way the story goes. Now, this dog is running towards her as she explained in the story. I would’ve reacted in the same manner, inside the house. She describes the dog as “shepherd-like, faintly curling tail, long wolfish nose.” The usage of these adjectives describe the dog perfectly to the reader, I can almost picture the dog in my mind. That illustration and word usage was spot on. So, as she continue to observe the dog through a shut door, (brilliant!) she walked out of the door and says it caused a “fireworks of desperate joy”. Could you imagine the way that dog could’ve felt when he thought he saw a familiar face? I would imagine that fireworks would be a way to describe it. She was able to reach the owners of the dog as the dog followed her foot to foot. As all of this is going on, her husband and friends are still in the backyard oblivious to the fact there is a strange dog in the house with his