Orientation (1995) by Daniel Orozco

Setting Characters Plot Tone & Style Themes Theses Symbols

The story takes Cautionary 1 1 1

place in an office Main: A person in being Mechanical
that is on the 7th Orientator: shown the new Impassive
floor of a building distant, cold, office in which Sarcastic
in a big city. The direct. they’ll work and Satiric
time of the story 2nd person they’re
is not explicit in receiving the introduced to 2 2 2
the story, orientation. each of the
however by the people that work Style:
description of Russel Nash: fat, in the office. The
some of the office single, nervous, in orientator goes
gadgets, it is love with on with creepy
inferred that it Amanda. and sad details 3 3 3
takes place in the Amanda Pierce: is about all the
90’s. passive, has an people in the
autistic child and office but it is all
an abusive narrated in a
husband. monotone tone.
Anika Bloom: can
predict the
future, has a bad
reputation for it.
Barry Hacker: is
tormented by the
 death of his wife,
steals food from
the office’s fridge
Gwendolyn Stich:
Is polite, obsessed
with penguins.
Kevin Howard: Is
a serial killer, also
he’s the fastest
typist in the
office.
Occasional:
Albert Bosch, Ellie
Tapper, Curtis
Lance, Collin
Heacey, Larry
Bagdikian,
Mathew Payne,
John LaFountaine

Through the Tunnel

A sound of thunder

Harrison Bergeron

The Interlopers

The cask of amontillado (or Outside)