Ranch Girl

For class, we read Maile Meloy's "Ranch Girl." The short story is told in the 2nd person voice (using "You" as opposed to "I" or "he, she.")

How does this choice on the writer's part affect your experience as a reader?
What happens when a story is told in the 2nd person?
Have you experienced a story before that works in the same way?

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The House on Loon Lake

In class, we talked about how our initial expectations of the podcast ended up making us feel dissapointed. A mystery on the level of Scooby-Doo or the Hardy Boys was set up: but in the end, "The House on Loon Lake" was a story about a family and abandonment.

Thinking about other stories you've encountered (in movies, tv, books, etc.), share an experience where the initial promise of the story (or the initial expectation you had) ended up being different from the end product? How did you get that initial expectation? What rhetoric was used by the maker to create a certain mood or tone? How did you feel, as a reader or a viewer, when that happened?