Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

1) What is your reaction to the text you just read?
"Haha, I see."
I don't really get short stories, I never really understood them. Is it for fun? Is it an experience? What's the point of a story? Am I supposed to get something from this? So, I guess my first reaction was, "oh". My second reaction was, "ok, now what?" Maybe it's highlighting the difference between two cultures, or bringing to light the political and racial tensions. Maybe it's just the author writing about his home in a way that's more creative than a biography. Maybe it's the author writing about how he feels, maybe it's his writing block diary, or how he feels about fantasy stories. Maybe I'm overthinking it and he just thought, "damn, wouldn't it be cool if the story was the story?"

2) What connection did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the work with which you were able to connect.
The desire to hear about something other than reality, to take a few minutes and become lost in another world, in someone else's perspective that's not your own. Or, creating something out of nothing...it's kind of impossible to create something out of nothing, because the something already exists in the creator in some form. Works based on a theme people can relate to or understand quickly are often more well received than pure fantasy.

3) What changes would you make to adapt the story to another medium: what medium would you use? What changes would you make?
The story could be adapted into a short film. It would be longer than reading the original text, since certain things would be better shown than told, such as the difference between Sweden and the Middle East. You could have a god voice narrate that entire part, but it would make the transition into a visual medium useless. Rather, it might need to start with showing splices of the Swede's way of life, and the speaker's in order to show the contrast. Without that to preface the events of the story, it wouldn't be nearly as meaningful, or interesting.