Response to "Spanish Moss"

This story is about three young kids about to go into high school. One of the kids expresses his concern that they don’t do adult things. Upon this revelation the three decide to try marijuana. Tommy, the self proclaimed leader buys a joint that they decide to share in the woods near a creek. The all walk to the creek and attempt to smoke. Only one of the three really gets high. They see a bag across the creek and decide to see if it has money in it. When they open it they find that it’s a child’s body. They never talk about the incident again.

I really enjoy the story’s youthful energy, almost like a stand by me coming of age tale. The story does a good job at capturing the insecurities of the kids.

The point of view is person and it works well because the whole story is one long recollection.

The characters are pretty basic, there is a wanna be leader and a nervous follower then the main character who we don’t know a whole lot about. I think the character should more developed a little more.

The development and pacing in the story is perfect. It never gets boring and unfolds very coherently.

The imagery is very nice in the story. It’s used to describe setting so maybe it could also be used more to describe action.

Dialogue in the story is believable.

The setting is rural south or at least in a neighborhood near a large chunk of woods in the south.

The opening closing are nice to read but by the time the story is done im not quite sure the change in the main character.