Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Works and I've Got Dreams to Remember
The essay Work by Kim Barnes and the essays I've Got Dreams to Remember by Taylor Clark could go together well, I believe. In the first section of Work, Barnes skims over the individual jobs of both her mother and father. The scenes that are described seem to me to radiate warmth and a familiar, homey feeling. In Taylor's essay, similarly, the work of her mother and father is briefly described. Her essay focuses most definitely around a homey atmosphere, and the haze of the tobacco products seems to give off a warmth just like the warmth in Barnes' essay. Together, these essays seem to draw the reader into a scene that becomes warm and familiar, creating a link between the reader and author quickly.
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I enjoyed the warmth of Barne's piece a lot. The descriptions of the pies and the special desserts her mother would send her to school with really invited us into her childhood. She has such a undeniable ability to highlight something that could come off as petty to the reader, but is vastly important to her. I tried to similarly convey my memories. They are the most important things to me personally, but I want that warmth that makes them seem important to the reader too.
ReplyDeleteYeah! That's a specific. There is something, maybe, about smell that ends up filling in a lot for us as we read. I smell smoke and I have associations I don't have if I see a cigar. I smell pie and the same. Looking at a lump of brown sugar doesn't let me see faces and hear music the way smelling a pie does.
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