I wasn't really surprised by how much I liked both of these pieces, but I was surprised coming away from them... especially when I had to read through "The Babysitter" more than once just to figure out what was going on and how everything fit together. Despite how confused I felt after I read through the piece the first time, I understood what Coover was doing and I think it's a very interesting method to explore because it makes reading the work more challenging, despite how awkward it was to figure out how things worked in the beginning. I think this type of piece is really cool because of the mashed up, mixed up points of view that are scattered throughout and don't seem to (or do they?) go in any sort of particular order. The only sense of direction for the story that we get are these little bits of narrative, which is really fun. These little 'scenes' give up the progression for the story itself, and sometimes it feels a little chaotic, but it's intriguing because of the sexual tension expressed by the different characters' POVs. I have to say that the ending really got me-- I didn't see it coming and I definitely wasn't sure how to untangle what was going on there... but I do find myself wanting to read more of Robert Coover's work after reading this!
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