Juice-Response

-Translation-
 The intro statement I am still somewhat confused by the line 'in the ways animals improve
themselves by licking' altho i can defiantly relate to the wanting to improve myself to be sharp and
clean, a few years ago i was far from what I am now. I was thoroughly pleased by the intense
visual description of the characters home place in the mountains as well as her excellently placed timing
of adding new characters. She is saying a lot well without using a lot of or wasting words.
The perspectives are mostly 1st and 3rd yet really only using 2nd lightly to draw 'you' in more.

-Proportion Surviving-
 This section hmm what can I say?... Juice um Juice and more Juice. I was very
curios why the title of this book was Juice well besides adding 'The Fresh Apple crisis' which from my
perspective at the moment is a self created problem but it is clear that this character is quite
dependent on this stuff or at least uses Juice as a source of inspiration, a vice or even drive to be with
lovers which clearly do not mean all that much to this estranged yet semi productive character. I say
estranged because the person is relating a lot of life aspects to juice in the mind and general thought
process. I noticed a much heavier 1st person influence as well. In the end I thought it was cool weird.

-No Through Street-
Their is a lot going on here with switching up the presentation with the girl and her sisters tale of their
upbringing on Hershey street was not presented to me that clearly, I actually did not even realize the
lead girl was a bum traveler until I reread it mostly due to the timeframe seemingly being thrown around
and page 40 - the man in a black coat with a briefcase- this whole metaphor or whatever the hidden
meaning is did nothing but distract me. On the second reading it became more clear how personal this
story seems with the town evolving and painter sister completely rejecting her when she go's to the
museum. Overall I feel what the writer was trying to do with this but the pacing is not smooth, their are
vague references that throw the reader off and I really struggled to keep interest.

-First Sleep-
Ok so out of this I'm thinking she is stating her livid thoughts of her day to day experiences while
struggling to fall asleep, I also don't think she has slept in a long time and or very much at all-page 50
"Their is a new climate outside , some showers. She wakes and goes for a drink of water,then sleeps for
an hour". This is followed up by a strange entry-Her lover draws nearer. The lover has to pee and
stumbles down the hall. What on earth does this imply? Is she the lover? Does she have to pee?
I have no idea but if she is trying to portray an insomniac with scattered thoughts I would say that was
pulled off. I was hoping for some thing at the end that ties or pulls theses tales together but no,It feels
like the writer had gusto in the first two parts of the book then things "for me at least" lost that
descriptiveness and intrigue which drew me in.