I love this short story so much I’ve read over it and analyzed it many times and this story is so well written.

I love how both of the characters are so realistic and how they are very honest to each other and to themselves especially the penguin (until the end) she’s very honest about what she is and even though she knows that she is flawed she doesn’t lie to herself about that throughout the story which is why I believe she feels shame because she acknowledges that she’s not the best person but I don’t believe that she is the way she is out of malicious I believe that because she lacks that awareness of who she is her nature leads her to act the way that she does. Now for the turtle I love his character because i think there’s so many layers to him because even though he is framed as her savior I feel like he is very scary within nature I believe the three reasons for why he left her the first winter was because 1. She didn’t know WHO she was, 2. He recognized that she didn’t see him the way he saw her, 3. He was scared of the reality of there situation because of how much he wanted to save her which I don’t believe him leaving was the best thing to do I believe his fear is what makes him the logical, “savior”, and analyzer that he is. I wish there was more character development for the penguin because in the end it seems like she starts being performative and lying to herself about who she is because even though she’s not running to find a body she’s just waiting for a body and if she was as divine, confident, and fearless as she said instead of using someone for warmth she would get warm on her own which I feel like was heartbreaking for the ending of the character but also extremely realistic. Overall this story was absolutely amazing and I would love to see more work like this from you it was incredibly beautifully written! 🖤👏🏾