Commentary on Centre Stage
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Commentary on Centre Stage. In my short story called Centre Stage, I have attempted to use the style of writing to James Joyce. Joyce wrote elliptically in his collection of short stories called "Dubliners". He does this to suggest to the reader of what is happening but is never explicit with his suggestions so the reader is lead to make their own decision. Using that style, I wanted to make the reader use their imaginations as to what happens in some places of the story so everything is not just there upon the page for them, they can interpret the message and suggestions as and how they wish. As in "An Encounter" in Joyce's' collection Dubliners, I manipulated what I allowed the reader to see and gain full access to. "An Encounter" uses a first person narrative but also conceals some things from the reader so I used a third person...

