Personal Narrative: Two Husbands

These lines state that her eyes contain an important view or a piece of history which was foreign to the speaker. Her weary eyes trace back to the culture, family, stories, and problems she has faced in the past back in her native country. Such matchless things and events which the speaker could not compare his life to hers. The grandmother would often communicate her childhood memories about "México/epidemics/relatives shot/and her father's hopes of the country" (lines 38-42). In the past, the foreign country was experiencing revolutionary wars, bloody riots, lack of educational systems, market crashes, and scarce health care resources. Because of this, these ideas distinctly manifest to the audience that the grandmother has gone through arduous difficulties, dealing with government corruption, plague, society conflicts, and lost

The theme that a person should be mindful of the outcomes of his/her actions is supplemented by the symbolism implemented into the story by the author. The photograph of the wife of the American soldier is written about as if it is truly her, as a cognizant being. While looking at the photo, the main character notices the shape in which it was cut. He sees that the edge of the photo is very close to the woman’s arm at one point, but shifts its direction to not damage the subject of the picture. “I speak of the edge as if it created itself. It is of course the man who made the cut, who was careful not to lose even the thinnest slice of the image of this woman he clearly loved” (Butler 30). The

“The mother removes her purse from her shoulder and rummages through its contents: lipstick, a lace handkerchief, an address book. She finds what she’s looking for and passes a folded dollar over her child’s head to the man who stands and stares even though the light has changed and traffic navigates around his hips… He does not know his part. He does not know that acceptance of the gift and gratitude are what makes this transaction complete… The mother grows impatient and pushes the stroller before her, bearing the dollar like a cross. Finally, a black hand rises and closes around green” (paragraphs 3-5).

This speaks on a very deep level, in regards to the genuine warmth the author implied toward the mother in his piece. There is a subliminal truth of sentimental “value”, because the reality of this world is that all material wealth can be lost in a moment, but real wealth is not some slice of pie one luckily stumbles upon in the world, real wealth is first found in the human being, and the human becomes the reflective producer of these

By applying narration in her essay, she encourages the audience to reconsider what compassion means to them. Ascher outlines the woman as full of fear when she states, “The mother grows impatient and pushes he stroller before her . . . Finally, a black had rises and closes around green” As the homeless man takes the money from the woman, a beacon of relief is embraced within’ her, she was no longer frightened.

In the novel, The Purse, the author is trying to convey to the reader that a relationship relies on honesty, acceptance, appreciation, communication, trust, and forgiveness. The author tells the reader this by showing the reader that the narrator grew to be a better character as he came to have all of these characteristics with his relationship with his mother.

"Suddenly he remembered that the purse and the things he had taken out of the old woman's box were still in his pockets! He had not thought till then of taking them out and hiding them!... The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters. He began stuffing all the things into the hole under the paper: 'They're in! All out of sight, and the purse too!' he thought gleefully, getting up and gazing blankly at the hole which bulged out more than ever. Suddenly he shuddered all over with horror; 'My

However, when she went to her room alone to compose herself, she felt a bit have happiness as she realized she could be free. She had great hope for her new future where she would not be held back by someone and could do anything she wanted. Before her husband had supposedly died, she did not want to live a long life, but with this new freedom, she wanted to live for a long time to

“She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, Quite motionless.... There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.... She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching... When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped.... 'free, free,

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This diary looks familiar to her and her memories began to return. Her heart keeps pounding it can’t be possible, it was her diary. She made it disappear years ago and now this man delivers to her. How he knew it belongs to her? Who is he?

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Katie receives an empty box, which she uses to cope with her mother’s death. First, she receives a gift from her dying mother which turns out to be an empty box. Then her mother takes her last breath while saying “It’s you.” Lastly, she fills the box with her own writings and feelings. Katie’s box is her, in a sense that she is empty, but she fills the hole her mother left in her heart with memories.

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Consider the opening line. Do you sense that the narrator is relived or yearning for something she can never have again? Explain why you feel the way you do.