Response to In Wyoming

Spragg’s In Wyoming utilizes multiple long, fragmented sentences throughout the story that give it an almost tired feeling, because of the way that the story has to be read. Spragg uses copious amounts of commas, especially presenting lists within the first few paragraphs, such as, “Wyoming boasts coal, oil, gas, uranium, widely scattered herds of sheep and cattle, and once, several million bison” (52). Lists such as these present the facts of Wyoming in a way that becomes monotonous and almost boring, the way that Wyoming itself is probably supposed to appear to the reader.