Response: A Plague of Tics

I thought that the way that David Sedaris wrote the essay was interesting and that many pointers could be taken from his style of writing. I liked the way that he would sometimes explain his thought process and the way he used italics to show that.  The way he wrote kept my attention and made it easy to read. I also liked the way that he progressed through the essay and used the visits of his teachers at each grade to introduce some new tic that developed.  Overall, I liked the way that the essay was presented but I thought that the actual story was depressing rather than funny.  His entire life, until picking up lung destroying, he was constantly tormented by the numerous odd tics and had to be seen as a complete outcast to everyone that saw him.  I can't even imagine laying in bed night after night not sleeping and even the thought of that makes me feel sad for him. Also, it was horrible how his family treated him, especially his mother.  It seemed like they never tried to help him and would completely overlook his problems. Especially the way that his mother dealt with his teachers, avoiding his life consuming issues with jokes and drinks and never trying to do something to help his problems.