In this article, Sedaris shared a story when he was a kid. After finish reading this story, the storyline turned out to be something that I was not expecting. In the beginning of the story, Sedaris characterized the Tomkey family in a mysterious way. At first, I thought the Tomkey family will be a kind-hearted family, but they are not well socialized with others in the community. After going through a sequence of events, the author will realize that they are very beautiful inside. Ironically, the Tomkey family is characterized as rude and impolite in the end. In the story, the authors says “I would have to shift gears and find pleasure in hating them” Sedaris 1). The way that author view the family changes from a favorable impression to hatred.

I do not really like this story because the ending does not match with my expectations. More importantly, instead of ending the story with a happy ending, the story ends with a frustrating emotion.  Personally, I do not like stories that do not have a happy ending because it leaves an unpleasant feeling after reading the story. Even though I do not have a positive impression of the story plot, I do really like the way that the story was told. Sedaris started the story with a general background of his family and then moves the focus to the Tomkey family. He then slowly builds up the mysterious feeling of the Tomkey family. Sedaris writes ” I could have done it on weekends, but friendship would have taken away their mystery” (Sedaris 1). Since the readers are reading the this article in a first person point of view, this statement really enhances readers’ curiosity. With all the curiosity build up in my mind, the author reveals the true personality of Tomkey’s family through Halloween.

When I first moved to America, I have always wondered what will my neighbor be like. One of the first impression is how neighbors do not have a very close interactions with each other. This is very different from my home town because whenever a new family moves to my home town, we will all come over and welcome them. However, I feel people in America do not really like to interact with others in the community. Due to my past experience, I have always wondered and hoped my neighbor would be a kind person. However, I have actually met them even though they just live right next me. And, until this day, I still do not know their name nor their faces.