The point of view is first person, and the narrator is telling the story by looking back at her memories. When the story uses first person, it puts me into the story as I am reading so I am the one that is experiencing everything in the story. It takes place at Devil’s Throat, which is a retreat for artist to work on their projects without extirpations. The plot is a woman got acceptance letter to Devils’ Throat and once she gets there, she meets other artists such as a painter, sculptor and photographer.
The climax happens when she remembers when she was in Girl Scout camp and how the other campers moved her outside at night. She looks up at the night sky and sees the galaxy and realizes that she small compared to the galaxy, she is small like atom. The resolution came when drove back home and looks at the trees and realize that have not change. She goes back to her neighborhood and looks at her neighbors and wonders if they are new or not and if the woman that she saw is her wife.
The story made me think that the author was dead, and she went to hell. But she died a day earlier than what was planned and that was why everyone was shocked to see her. It made me think that all artists can be crazy about their own but sometimes they need to step back and join the reality of the world. It did not make me feel anything, I just read the story.
Your perspective on the climax of the story is interesting. I would have put it at her fight with Lydia, since that felt to me like her psychological breaking point and I’m not sure about a memory/flashback being the climax.
Your thoughts on the story is interesting, as it was a concept that I had not thought about. Also, I think that your view of the climax is interesting, but I would agree with Grace on the climax since I felt it was the point that the protagonist emotions were to me at their highest.