Think as a Reader/Writer

The writer, Alice Walker, is surprised at the modesty of her mother’s desires. Her mother has moved from the dream house to a small, tight apartment. Her mother has hardly any thirst for a cold or a hunger for a piece of fried chicken or fish. Moreover, the mother’s possessions seem to become less every time the author visits her.

Whenever I see ketchup, I would remember my friend who is crazy for it. This friend who I met in the basketball team once told everyone that she really loves ketchup. She could even eat merely ketchup without having any French fries. That was the first time I’ve ever seen the situation. Since then, I always relate ketchup with this cool friend who is fervor for ketchup.

This author’s way of expressing herself is in an expressive style, which conveys a writer’s thoughts and feelings in her own unique voice. The voice of her writing is informal because she use colloquial or daily conversation words. In addition, her way of writing is emotional because she said that the big blue bowl that she got from her mother’s place full of whatever was the most tasty thing on earth. The author learned from her mother of letting go of possessions easily, without emphasis or regret. And, her mother gave Alice a symbol of what she self represented in the writer’s life.