The Finality of All Things Part 4

READER-RESPONSE THEORY-Flash Fiction

 The Need

   He groped for her breasts, hands eager to meet with flesh. He needed to satisfy himself then and there-he was hungering for what she was eager to part with-the joy of satisfaction. Truth be told, he was happy to be of assistance-it served his purposes as well as hers. She released the buttons that held her blouse in place and unhooked her bra. He wasted no time in relieving himself, causing her to groan as he captured her nipple between his wanting lips. Her nipple felt warm and firm in his mouth-it felt at home right where it was-no other sensation registered on his mind. With satisfying greed, he tugged at it, sucked at it with gusto, ocassionally biting it to make it seem even more appealing than it already was. He drank in the pleasure that she gave him and fell asleep with the thought of taking more later when and where he wanted to.

  Having sensed that he was finished for the time, she released her breast from his hold and wipped the milk droplets that strayed from his mouth.

 Note: Reader-response criticism is a very versatile type of criticism-we are lead to the idea that it is a subjective type of analysis. A reader may interpret the story primarily to be a lustful sex scene but it may also display Freud’s idea on the id-a part of the personality that is innate in all infants, and constantly displays the need for satisfaction. Any work may be seen is a number of different ways depending on the readers of the said work-the reader decides what is to become of a work and what might be its underlying themes.