Blog Post #3

Wow, I have absolutely no words for this Excerpt called "Across the Wire" by Luis Alberto Urrera, it was simply amazing. Reading every minute of it made me picture in my head everything detail for detail. This helped me play things out in my mind and imagine it as if i were there. He would use many metaphors to give life to what exactly he as speaking about whether if it be describing a person, family, thing, or place. I guess this is the magic that Mr. Urrera is able to help create through just the usage of the words in this book. I felt that as I kept reading I began to put myself in their shoes and look at things through their perspective.  Through the small excerpt many lines popped out but there were three specific lines that did the Magic. The first one would be on page 739, when he states this, " Sometimes they find meat that is not too rotten to be cooked." This goes to show that times were more than tough they became a risk especially for their health. These people never had the choice to decide if they wanted food like this it. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

The second quote that stood out to me was on page 747, "The sky was black and brown---they were burning dogs at the end of the dump.It smelled like Hell." This quote alone is Absolutely mind blowing. He explains basically what to us seems out of the normal but for them there daily routine. This quote paints a very vivid picture in my mind. To just imagine how the smell of burning dog must be so pungent and sour. Then to imagine how hell must smell and even possibly look is just amazing. His usage of words is what takes this entire peice.

The last quote that took me off by complete surprise was on page 753 which was the narrator speaking of a family which felt threatened but the "I" brushed it off and beleived what he heard which then proceeded to the killings of the parents in such a gruome matter. "Jesuista's husband was held by the arms, and a sawed off shotgun was nitched under his nose and fired. It blew his head to pieces, leaving on the back of his skull, with the ears attached." I really didn't know how to feel after I read this, it amazed me to know that the way he described the families and made sure that in some type of way that you were able to relate the characters to someone. This makes the reader feel as if they know them and that's what's makes his writing so different. He's blunt and detailed and that is what many people run away from. After reading this small excerpt I will be purchasing the book as well.