Their tongues removed, their hearts found peace.
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It is much more difficult to write one of these brief stories than one consisting of at least a few paragraphs. I wanted to convey something of meaning, which is much easier when you can write many things in many ways concerning your theme, or subject. the brevity of the story meant i wasn't really able to have a specific idea of what it would be about. I ran through my options quickly and had to constantly refer to examples of other brief stories to stay on track and avoid digressing from my original goal.
Concerning my theme and the meaning conveyed: the simple notion that words have a way of mucking up reality, even generating conflict--both in their inaccuracy of expressing meaning, and their ambiguity in interpretation. A neutral statement can be interpreted as hostile to a temperamental person prone to instigating conflict, but if there are no words, what is left?
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