Spite

Bleak and funny. Unsettling, and leaves you as non plussed as Sef. I dont know about the use of the word thus,achaic words like this bore me and I cant help thinking that people who use these words have a skewed view of the world. Saying that, I do like this author.

Amazing story with an incredible theme that brings out the best in all of us. saying that i love this author.

Weak.

Amazing to me what can be expressed in so few words - an incredible author with such insight and ability to express feelings! Love it!!

Nice & powerful story. The exclamation point at the end of this sentence--"It was something he did in a desperate fit!"--I thought was unnecessary, and it threw me off a bit.

Powerful imagery! Wonderful irony. More by Mr. Silva please.

Like it... well written...good short

Im not sure if it was trying too be funny, but I kinda laughed at how short and random it was.

it had got you thinking about, it drew my eye because it was short - - a little on the weak side

Déjà vu

I didnt actually get it... I dare say thats by my own stupidity rather than a flaw in the text though.

a bit disturbing, i thought. how can a mother educate her child like that?? its not right.

why is that this author always uses this character SEF? i wonder who reallt that sef is? sef is used by her bitches ,whores and US army,and now Spite...? well..well spite is o.k

What the hell is this even about? Was he not supposed to realize she was teaching him to hang himself until years later? I think I am missing something, or maybe I am looking to hard.

random but unsettling

I think hes the one that tied the hangmans knot. So she wasnt educating him on it. She knew what he was up to. Moms know those kind of things. Made him not do it again, I can assure you that.

How a mother can buy cookies for a local orphanage and at the same time teach her child how to hang himself???
Irina

I Dont Really Get This Book.

Its puzzling and intriguing--which I like. But not sure how Id feel about it if I figured it out.

Could some of you who love this story and find it full or meaning please tell me what you got out of it?

so this has confussed me but i think i get it...sef attempted suicide but failed.then i dont understand why the mother would tell her son how to kill himself

intriguing...ironic and sarcastic... well done

Its interesting but has a dumb story.

The only thing I got out of it was a cheap laugh because of its irony and randomness.

I think a lot of people are missing the point. Sef didnt nnat to actually kill himself, he did it in a fit and the narrirator states he used a thin piece of cord, which indicates he wasnt that serious... I think the mother uses the term "games with string" because she is almsot mocking him, knowing he wasnt serious with it and basicly telling him to; "grow up".

you never know...
mama might have shed secret tears after telling her son this grotesque joke
you know...
mamas somehow get mad at you if you accidentally or intentionally hurt yourself
just like that.
why the title spite?
maybe to mislead readers to conclude
oh, that old Sefs mama is full of spite
cause then later they will be fully shcked to realize something beyond
yeah actually shes full of love and oh we little kids dont fathom the depth of our mamas love thats right there in their seemingly spiteful words

make it a little bit longer

how cruel...-mis3ry

AAHaahahahaheehee..... What a dandy of a ditty! Games with string... Silva, you card.

I like this comment;

"I think a lot of people are missing the point. Sef
didnt nnat to actually kill himself, he did it in a fit
and the narrirator states he used a thin piece of
cord, which indicates he wasnt that serious... I think
the mother uses the term "games with string" because
she is almsot mocking him, knowing he wasnt
serious with it and basicly telling him to; "grow up"."

Also, the fact that he was thinking about it years later
showed that his mothers comment had worked in
mocking him

Thanks for posting this nice short story; its kinda thought-provoking :-)

Wow !

this is trash

This is a good one. His mother is getting back at him for upsetting her so badly by his attempt to hang himself, and he deserves her ridicule. It shows how very much she actually loves him and how deeply he hurt her.

I Like , interesting paragraph.

this made my day... meme of the day