tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post8199419525898965747..comments2024-03-28T16:06:50.879+00:00Comments on FICTION on the WEB short stories: The Burning Bush by O. D. HegreCharlie Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834189452905372024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-19067149569256828882014-09-01T19:29:15.786+01:002014-09-01T19:29:15.786+01:00The initial concept was good but I thought that di...The initial concept was good but I thought that different elements of the story could have been tied together more effectively. Was Millard attacked because he was a bad person who didn't respect the environment or because he tried to trim the bush? He did not seem like the kind of person who would have tried to do his own landscaping - there wasn't a very clear motive for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903782303735575143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-20034281102390668782014-08-28T19:07:44.354+01:002014-08-28T19:07:44.354+01:00Millard is irredemable. Lacking any spritual visio...Millard is irredemable. Lacking any spritual vision, he can not see beyond what he can control or touch. Very good portrait of this kind of man. <br />I only wish that he could have been consumed by the 'burning bush' and that his charred remains had been discovered the next morning--observed from the brambles pov. <br /><br />James ShafferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-47730400524608932172014-08-24T17:57:11.659+01:002014-08-24T17:57:11.659+01:00The character of the misogynistic, racist, exploit...The character of the misogynistic, racist, exploitative, earth-resource-abusing Millard isn't so much described as cast before the reader's eyes - perhaps appropriately enough - in the end - in blood.<br /> I enjoyed the first part of the story more than its later portion, perhaps because although I felt satisfaction at witnessing his nemesis, I couldn't help thinking that as signs of doubt and guilt had made an appearance upon the scene that maybe... there could have been an indication that he was going to survive longer in order to atone?<br />Brooke Fieldhouse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-79429125645258060282014-08-24T15:58:35.057+01:002014-08-24T15:58:35.057+01:00It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature. Just...It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature. Justice served?Jim Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429957545169700110noreply@blogger.com