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Sweet Dynamite by Jay Tameling

In the short story Sweet Dynamite by Jay Tameling that was part of the CBC Short Story Prize. The story starts off describing a man, his name not given, but he is from Kansas (apparently carries his favorite newspaper article around in his pocket which was the Topeka Capital-Journal and that's a daily newspaper from Kansas), and at some point he lived in the states (he had an expired driver license from Dakotas). He was a trumpet player that played in a band and was always traveling. His commitment in relationships are close to non existent and he puts all his effort into becoming best at what he loves, and that's playing on the trumpet. Thus his life can be described as emptied with a side of loneliness. His music moves people, the beautiful sound that brings joy and yet a hint of depression, the narrator describes it as "sad and triumphant, sweet and sour". This is all his son Hemingway knew of his father, before this man left his mother. Clouded with questions, his son wants to know his own identity, who he was, his origins, why did he leave. The story ends with this trumpet player meeting his son for the first time years later, a complete stranger to Hemingway. There was no apology, he just drank and talked of his travels, played a beautiful song and left again.

In this story, Canadian writer Jay Tameling hid a lot of personal information on each character because it can be describing a lot of different people, an individual who is seeking his own identity. This story is all about self identity seeking, though it may seem like only the son Hemingway is seeking his place in this world, such as where was he from, to what's his ethnicity, and such. His father also plays a big role in seeking his own identity. His freedom that allows him to go where ever he wants is hindered by his desire to partially settle down, his son Hemingway is the symbol of that (or else if Hemingway was "an accident", he need not come back to explain anything). His freedom comes with the cost of emptiness and loneliness. The trumpet player was and still is searching for his identity, and him leaving without looking back or the exact words were "unwilling or unable" presents the part of him that do want to stay with the son.

In my experience, seeking a self identity has always been a goal to everyone, even in religion, we asked the question "why are we here?". The fact that Jay Tameling didn't give the trumpet player a name, is because this trumpet player can be anyone. he doesn't even have to be a trumpet player. It's the fact that he is seeking his identity like everybody else in society today and his way is just one of the many different ways people do it. Some people seek their identity within groups, and some individuals search of it on their own. Jay Tameling's Sweet Dynamite gives us the thought of asking ourselves, is this the way we want to search for our identity? How are we searching for our identity? Everyone lives there life differently but everyone wants to know their mark in the world, their identities.

Wayne Chiu

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/2013/03/sweet-dynamite-by-jay-tameling.html

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