Break It Down, Once A Very Stupid Man - Lydia Davis (1986) - How does the author convey a peculiar writing style and sense to her story?

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[...] questions replies the thoroughly completed meaning of the expression "each thing". They draw, this way, a direct connection to the recall of her doubts about her own identity. The recollection of her "things" opens the gate to a far more complicated and personal search. This short story appears then as a jar creating fine art into revealing from the outside deep and narrow confusion. Moreover, this story works out as an eye-opener questioning trite and its role onto our inner perceptions. [...]

[...] There is also a specific sense of the narrative organization. The story starts on a visibly light and commonplace situation highlighting an apparently plain search in which both characters seem equally involved. However as the story goes, the emptiness of the scene creates an echo to the growing sense of confusion in the woman's mind. The innocuous subject given to be taken in the first place becomes indeed a strong symbol of the woman's inner loss and quest. We may also draw some key elements from the many pictures of the scene: the extract of the glasses does refer to the woman's inner blindness while the emphasis on the verb "resume" helps understand the vain and ineffective work of the character. [...]

[...] Above the contrast aroused into a seemingly harmony-like atmosphere, we need then to pay attention to the growing perceptions of the woman towards her partner. Her different reactions from puzzlement to resignment alterning with amusement or interest all show her moving, confused and negative-tinted impressions as they fully unveil not only her feelings but also her pain in a relationship she suffers. That permanent situation comes also reinforced by the overdue use of repeated actions and full organization of the process. Thus, to the where . ? [...]

[...] Break It Down, Once A Very Stupid Man - Lydia Davis (1986) - How does the author convey a peculiar writing style and sense to her story? As the American writer, Matthew Weiner wrote « Identity is part of drama to me. Who am Why am I behaving this way? And am I aware of it? », this quote could genuinely sum up the quintessential quest drawn from Lydia Davis's Break It Down short story, entitled Once A Very Stupid Man and published in 1986. [...]