For my extra credit post I read Aimee Bender's story "Death Watch." The story was about men who had two weeks to live but then some found out the doctor was wrong and they were perfectly fine. To me this was not a typical Aimee Bender story we were use to reading. It did not have the fantasy world characteristics, but instead had all real life scenarios with problems that could all be true and realistic. It's scenario took place in real time with real characters.
When given the timeline for life we see how the bad news can be effected by different personality traits and their behavior. The story was primarily based on a person that was suicidal and decided to go to Europe and meet a Greek woman to fall in love before he died. Instead of receiving the news that he would be fine he ignored it and went on living his fantasy life for what he thought would only be a couple weeks. Instead of dying in two weeks as he thought he lived for 3 years before trying to uncover an answer. After his love from Europe followed him to America and then he began to believe he was immortal. Although the story did not seem science fiction or fantasy driven it carried the morals just like the rest of Bender's stories. This one seemed to teach us not to take life for granted and to live live to the fullest. This suicidal man did that and this news turned his life around because by thinking he was going to die seemed to actually save him.
Scott Swan
Extra Credit Post
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