Sunday, October 9, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday: Penance (from the dusty pages of an old notebook) #sixsunday

 My Sunday Six is from a short story I wrote quite a while ago, named Penance.

     I wonder why we tell young girls such outlandish stories about chivalry and brave knights. The imagination takes them and creates unrealistic dreams of men coming to rescue them from the mundane life of "normal" people. They are so young and impressionable, they can’t help but be sucked in by the lies. We tell them about things like the honor of men. Now, that is a laugh; not to mention an oxymoron. Men and honor should not be allowed in the same sentence, let alone the premise of a story meant only to blind us from the truth.
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12 comments:

  1. Sherry GloagOctober 9, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    These six are going to garner some interesting responses :-) LOL Great six.

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  2. Paula MartinOctober 9, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    Same would apply to men thinking all girls are princesses with long flowing golden hair!

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  3. Rebecca HartOctober 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    @Sherry: That is what I was hoping. :)

    @Paula: I'd agree that anything that creates a preconceived notion can be a bad thing.

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  4. Chrystalla ThomaOctober 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Heh, I like the cynicism (or maybe realism) of this snippet. Great six. :)

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  5. UnknownOctober 9, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Yes, this is very true. At the same time I agree with Paula. We are so often raised with blinders. There must be a balance between this and protecting children from disillusionment as much as possible. Or perhaps if we told them the truth, their expectations would be more realistic and their hearts wouldn't be broken so much... Very thought provoking six. What type of novel is this?

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  6. D CarneyOctober 9, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Oh dear. Someone's a tiny bit bitter.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 9, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    yeah, kill that damn Prince Charming! He doesn't exist anyway (unless he's like Fiona's betrothed - very realistic, LOL!)! ;-)
    Barb

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  8. Aimee LaineOctober 9, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Men and honor. Now if they are in the Marines ... :)

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  9. The Looney WriterOctober 9, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Well, they aren't all bad. They can be a little obnoxious sometimes, but hey, so can women.

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  10. UnknownOctober 9, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    I really like the voice even though (especially because?) it's so hard.

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  11. Rebecca HartOctober 9, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    The piece was part of a short story, and fiction. The MC is extremely disillusioned at the time of this particular point in the story.

    @Dee: She is a whole lot bitter :)

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  12. 1000th.monkeyOctober 10, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Wow, pretty bitter first-person-voice ;)

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