Indledning
Lost. Once again. How did I manage to wound up in a situation where I have no control over the outcome? I bet you know that feeling.
I bet we all do. The feeling of no longer being the master of our own faith. Everyone who has ever been heartbroken has differently felt that way at some point.
This is exactly the case in Chad Pelley’s short story “I Don’t Dream of Genie”, where the main character, Sherry, has just been broken up with.
The short story especially focuses on the separation and how she deals with her new single status.
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Uddrag
In the story we only meet Sherry after the breakup, so her actions might not align with her true self.
Her decisions make her come off as a very impulsive person. This is, for example, the case, when she saw an ad about lucid dreaming on tv at the dentist’s office and then simply Googled it and bought a package she saw in the Google Ads sidebar.
Her sudden interest in lucid dreaming started because she had a dream about her ex-boyfriend, Gene.
Her desperate attempt to hold on to her dream shows her dissatisfaction with her single status, but she does not seem to do anything to change it.
This is clear when her sister tells her to move on, but she just reflects about it and does not answer, “My sister’s a wretch, and I’m no more ready to move on than I am Santa Claus. I’m allowed to be lonely and longing.” (P. 3, ll. 111-112).
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