Story: A Reminder of the Past

[little_grey_owl]

Title: A Reminder of the Past
Warnings: violence
Words: 901
Prompt: brigits_flame , February 2010, week 1, topic: Birds of a Feather

Comments

[lacruciverbiste]

What an interesting use of the prompt this week! Love the whole gladiator thing. Language is so important to one's history and identity.

Good luck in the polls!
~Kate ( Brigit's Flame, Week 1: "Proud Mary")

[little_grey_owl]

Thank you! It's one of my pet peeves that the consequences of language barriers are too often omited.

[sue_bridehead]

This was interesting and very well done. The characters seemed so real. The reader can see where they are and feel R's hopelessness. Nice work! :)

[vyvyan_wilde]

The feeling of despondency is very strong here. I felt for Retiarius and Syrus, sold, stripped of their names, forced to fight to the death. The fact that Retiarius doesn't feel anything at (what I presume is) his former competitor's death shows his apathy under those miserable conditions. That's no way for a person to live.
Excellent work; I realy enjoyed it.

[mister_troper]

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