Post Modernism "Midland"

My favorite writing was "Midland" from the Post Modernism era because the writings had a lot to do with small towns and "people", real people going through life as if they were on a global schedule, the feeling of reading the Post Modernism stories entertained me a great deal. I read the Short story "Midland" By Rick Bass, and I really got into it, in this story there was more than just a story of two people, the story gave a feeling of presence, of other people going through their own lives, as these two people went through theirs. In most stories I've read there is just Something happening somwhere, but in this Short story, there is something happening in a place where there are other things happening also. Throughout the story of Midland there were two people named Claire and Richard, and it was about betrayal and manipulation through foolhardy emotions, but also along this story there was something else happening, a football team. The football team made the story believable to me because it gave life to the story.


Also Ricks Descriptions of the characters made the story more believable, he gave Claire a History, personality, emotional issues (Always the most entertaining :)...) and a goal. Rick gave Richard many different dementions of descriptions, such as, a occupation, EMOTIONAL ISSUES!!, a passion for work, and for Claire. Indavidualy Richard and Claire were elegently descirbed, but they were also beautifully portraid together as a couple, even if they were, creepy, lustfull, and Taking advantage of eachother.