The Bleeding Man Short Story Essay

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In certain types of children’s literature the child is asked to use their imagination to travel to a different time, or a different place. Throughout history, and more recently, fantasy stories as well as science fiction have grown in popularity. The idea of being able to visit these different places and meet new characters, think of book like Harry Potter, that was later made into several movies, or The Chronicles of Narnia. In these types of books, the character is relatable as well as other parts of the tale. The author will then twist reality as we know it and take the reader in a new direction. This form of storytelling is used not only for children’s literature but also in those meant for adults, adding mystery, suspense , and common …show more content…

The story is presenting in third person omniscient, in that we hear what everyone is feeling and thinking, but not from any one person 's perspective. We are drawn into this tale of science, native american mystery, and the unknown. Different from the first, this story only has four characters; Miss. Dow (the antagonist), Dr. Santell (the protagonist), the bleeding man (native american spirit), and his uncle Nahtari. Craig Strete draws his readers in by using a science lab, with offices and observation rooms. As I began reading this story, I made the connection with The X-Files mixed with Law & Order. Strete uses wonderful ilteration to help the reader make these connection as well as paint a mental image to follow throughout the piece. “The young man, tall and well-muscled, stood in the middle of the room. He was naked. His uncut black hair fell to the small of his back. His chest was slit with a gaping wound that bled profusely; his legs and stomach were soaked in blood” (Zipes 1040). As the reader you can begin to see him, and then the questions begin to form. Who is he? Where did he come from? How was he hurt and how is he still alive? This is how the author uses suspense to thicken the plot and draw the reader in. As the Miss. Dow works to find out more about the man, she and Dr. Santell battle. She is from the government and only interested in fact and proper actions. Dr. Santell on the other hand has become emotionally connected to the man, in that he has cared for him for the past seven years. The struggle between the two continues to mount as the story moves forward. Dr. Santell begins to see and understand her plan, to kill and dissect him for tissue regeneration. This idea, tissue regeneration, it partly what takes this story into another world as it would be. At the time it was written such things did not

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