"Killing Alec" is a story about four people
decide to kill Alec for he cheated. Caroline, Anje, Tiffany and me begin to
discuss how to kill him. They want to find a right place and kill him in a
right way. They cannot use weapons and strangulation. Finally they decide to
bury Alec. Then gentle Alec helps them to dig his own grave. Then the four
people find that Alec is adorable.
Alec is a bad, gentle, funny
and charming man. Women love this kind of bad man. Alec had been cheating on
all the four women: Caroline, Anje, Tiffany and I. He is bad but charming. Alec is honest with his cheating: “Alec didn’t
deny it. ‘My love is big,’ he said. ‘One person can’t contain it.’” These words
are really bad and shameless; he does not say his was wrong or use other
excuse, he just admits his bad by saying “my love is big.” We can see Alec crafty
and amorous person. The personality of Alec is complex. When he knows they want
to kill him, he just accepts it. What’s more, he helps them to dig the grave
out of gentle. Alec is sure that these women love him and they will not kill
him.
I find it is interesting that
when they decide to kill Alec and go to drug store to buy the right kind of
pills, “ Caroline got an extra mango smoothie with protein powder for Alec.
‘It’s his favorite,’ she explained.” This detail is really interesting. They
have decided to kill him, but when they are shopping, Caroline still remember
what he likes and buy a thing for him. That means Caroline does not hate him
for real; she loves him. Women’s personalities are simple: they love Alec, no
matter how bad he is.
I am confused about a detail
in "Killing Alec". “None of us smoked, but we
decided that the occasion called for it. Alec smoked like a pro, another secret
he’d been hiding from everyone but Tiffany.”
And in the end: “He climbed out of the hole, glistening in mud. He
really was beautiful. We admired him. We exhaled smoke again, slowly this time.
Thoughtful.” I cannot understand why writer mention smoke here.
As for the end, I think it
would be good if four women just let Alec go. Women always like bad and craft
man.
“We admired him. We love him
deeper.”
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