6/22/2023 0 Comments The leavers by lisa ko![]() Mostly white Ridgeborough is certainly not the same thing as living in the Bronx and the immediate effect of culture shock hits hard: “In the factory dorm, sentences spilled out of me like a broken faucet, and when I moved even farther away and saw children splashing into rivers spurting from fire hydrants, water pouring into the streets like it was endless, I would see my younger self in that hydrant, but tugged open, a hungry stream.” Ridgeborough ain’t the BronxĪfter being adopted by the white college professor couple, Deming’s transition into the world of Daniel is rough. She often composes sentences dense with figurative imagery as a way of trying to convey her feelings: In fact, Polly voices an especially poetic sense of language whether speaking or in narration. ![]() I go there when the walls start to come.” Poetic Polly When she actually gives voice to this awareness, her son is left confused, wondering what she means: Polly is especially intense in her awareness of the symbolic state of walls as a prison. Overall, the narrative is thick with symbolic references to walls. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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