The Screwfly Solution

The Screwfly Solution
Author Raccoona Sheldon or James Tiptree, Jr.
Language English
Genre Science fiction/ horror
June 1977
Originally printed in a magazine
Other works " "Birth of a Salesman" "The Last Flight of Doctor Ain" "A Momentary Taste of Being", "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death"

I found this difficult to read. I feel the manner in which the story was presented was phrased awkwardly.
 I found it unnatural. This is my own problem of course. 

 Important plot points flew over my head, such as the murder and suicide by the character Alan. It was only later reading a summary did I find out what had happened.
I got that the story had interwoven the similarity between humans messing with the screwflys reproductive cycle and the aliens or angels messing with the human reproductive cycle. 

The story itself is interesting. The idea of instinct v.s. morals and how would we react. Raccoona has men validating there actions through religious means.

"I ripped that page out of Amy's diary when I heard the squad car coming. I never opened her diary before but when I found she'd gone I looked …" I find these sentences to be awkward to read the first part is grand and understandable. The second half of the sentence seems unnecessary, although now i see it was to indicate that she was gone.  

" Oh, my darling little girl. She went to him, my little girl, my poor little fool child. Maybe if I'd taken time to explain, maybe— 
Excuse me, Barney. The stuff is wearing off, the shots they gave me. I didn't feel anything. I mean, I knew somebody's daughter went to see her father and he killed her. And cut his throat. But it didn't mean anything. 

Alan's note, they gave me that but then they took it away. Why did they have to do that? His last handwriting, the last words he wrote before his hand picked up the, before he"

What happened isn't said it implied and i couldn't follow it. This is probably due to my difficulties in this medium.