Post for 9/30

The short story or poem that we read before class and reread in class was a strange one in my opinion. The main lady seemed to come off like an old washed up famous person who is living in their past. But this may just be because she was being interviewed, but I would tend to think that the issue of who she is now would be more prevalent in the interview than nonexistent. In relation to character it at first seems like Madame Descartes was a very dynamic character and changed throughout the story however when looking back upon the story it seems like she is a static character because she does not change at all throughout the course of the story, it just seems like she does because all the time she is talking about change but this was all from the past. But there is one point in the story where it could be considered that Madame Descartes changes, because at the end of the story she turns the table on the interviewer and takes his picture. This could be considered a change in her character because it could show that she is moving away from self interest and becoming more interested in others, but this is about the only spot that I saw where she changed. However when we look at the person interviewing her we don’t really get much information on him so he is thought of as a static character due to the fact that he just lays down in the shadows of the story until the end of the story when Madam Descartes turns the table on him by taking his picture. Up until this point we see him as a very calm reporter who is just listening but when Madame Descartes takes his picture he all of the sudden gets very nervous. This was just my outtake on the discussion in class and the reading.