Elle: 1st Critique

Stockholm Syndrome Elle, This piece gave me goose bumps! It was weird because I wanted to continue reading it even though it was creepy. I like the idea of having this wasps growing and protruding from the characters arm. In my Human Ecology class, we’re reading a book, Tropical Nature, and there’s a chapter in this book titled “Jerry’s Maggot”—this is actually the story that Tre’ told us about in class the day you presented this workshop—in that chapter Jerry goes through some of the same things your main character does. I think it would be good to read that and maybe get some ideas from it. I like how you make this story sound mothering—as if the character is pregnant rather than having this wasp grow in their arm. I also like how your title ties into the piece, the concept of Stockholm Syndrome applies closely to your main character and her attachment to the wasp.