Between Our Legs

“This is a test. This is only a test.”

“Between our legs, we hold the difference.”

At this moment when l was reading the opening lines in the piece, l begna to think of the regular test that come up during television shows. These test are usually done to make sure that in case of an emergency amber alert the people at home would be on high alert for the child missing. The announcer usually say behind the backdrop of a siren. ” This is only a test!!!! This is only a test!!! This is only a test!!!!!”. Well l thought the remote was between their legs and they had power to be ale to take away the annoying noise.

“How did it happen? We’re not really sure. How did what happen? We’re not really sure.”

This sentence began to pique my interest in the novel because there had seen something tragic or lie changing that happened. This is when l realised that this piece was not about a remote control and about symbolsim and paying attention to sentence structure. This sentence is like at the eginning of the movie when the narrator begins to explain what the story is about and the main theme which you should think about and it really foucuses a reader to the story.”

“We fluttered our french-manicured fingers. Iridescent polish, white tips – our nails shone like opals, even glowed in the dark. All of this from a box called a hit.”

This sentence made me, the reader, personality of these characters. The characters in this piece are very amateurish and are very young if they are using a Makeup Kit which says to do it yourselves. The characters are possibly teenagers and are very naive because everything they have done so far has been presented as trying to act as an adult while making all the wrong decisions in the process.

Keep off. Except for the flecks of gold glitter…..-came from a box that came from Glo’s mom.

These two statements were unusual because they represent something opposite of each other. The first statement is saying that wherever these two girls were going to go, they had a plan that all the people around them should keep off unless they are on the gold glitter lining. This is confusing because the gold glitter is EVERYWHERE, so they are basically saying they are open for touching. The second is the first time the reader gets to know any names in this piece and the question that pop in my head is why did the author chooses to name this character GLO.

From the doorway she’d spat, “Goddammit, Sisco. Goddamn you,”

The first dialogue in a movie or piece is always important because a good writer would try to put something that will grab you and something that will make people wonder about what and why would these characters say this. Before this dialogue was spat, there was a mention of the title of this book which would probably mean something important. “pressed between his shiny black-slacked legs and the wall”. When l read this l began to think about the title of this piece and then after that sentence there was the first dialogue. This is trying to show the power between the legs and the chaos it can cause. Godammit are not the first words people would not want to hear.