Corwin 1
Alissa Corwin
Mrs. Franck
AP Lit
27 September 2012
Constantly Looking for Life
You are flipping through the pages. Your surroundings fade around you. You are this
close: this close to the end. You want to know; you need to know. Every sense you own tingles…
you just want to finish this book. Yes, that book. Everyone has read that pulse-thriller, that
overwhelming ending, that suspense in a book. Guess what: that book you just read, it is called
commercial fiction. Commercial fiction’s sole reason is to keep the pages turning. Of course, on
