Cold-Hearted Assignment

I would like to focus on the story “Cold Hearted” by David Wong. One of the reasons is that I really like the father’s character, he seems pretty stern, but he’s got a style of his own. I would like to focus on the character development of Genius, the father. Often times it is Genius’ silence which conveys his feelings. He is able to communicate with his son without speaking. And when he does speak it is usually something pretty entertaining and insightful. One of my favorite quotes from Genius is, “I have two kit, I feed two mouth. I have four kit, I feed four mouth.” He has a very concise way of speaking, this can partially be credited to his difficulty with the English language. I would also like to focus on the plot structure, I admire the way Wong tells this story, which seems to be going nowhere but then it ends in this epiphany. This seems to be a very pedestrian story about a quirky father who brings his son on a seemingly ridiculous mission to obtain a discarded refrigerator. It shows how you don’t have to be a monk on top of a mountain to experience a moment of enlightenment. On the contrary, everyday life can yield profound moments.