“Literature adds to reality; it does not simply describe it”. From the very get go of the story Sylvia our narrator introduces us to Ms Moore using these very descriptive details about her. “Back in the days when everyone was old….and she not even related by marriage or blood”. (Bambara para1) The description doesn’t simply describes Miss Moore but somehow adds reality to it, fascinating how we could imagine what everything that was being conveyed to us.
Similarly, by drawing a comparison between two things the author creates additional meanings (like) in line 6 of paragraph 2 the narrator mentions something to the line of Fat Butt already wasting his peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich like the pig he is. Fat Butt isn’t really a pig but the narrator uses a form of literature here simile to describe how his friend had already fished his food comparing him to a pig (pigs are usually known for eating too fast).
3 thoughts on “Doma Gurung Discussion 3”
Hey Doma, how are you! I also agree with you this story adds reality of the world. How people behave with others and yeah his friend had foshed is food and they are also eating food very fast.
Jamil, your comments to others must meet the length requirement and move the conversation forward.
Doma, I like your comments because they are very specific and point directly to the text to make your point.