This essay is all about a person setting out to buy a pencil. This idea of a pencil is not concrete but just a way to get away from her stressful life for a while with a pointless goal. Being taken in by the descriptions of ordinary people, she realizes the beauty of average city life and the abnormality of it. The idea of the perfections in imperfect people such as the midget shows this idea of the beauty of life to the greatest extent. This story reminds me a lot of the moth as it describes these things in life that seem completely normal until you look at them. The idea of venturing from expected path gives forth to a more powerful goal of adventure. With the idea of a pencil as a goal it seems surreal to me. The fact that a pencil, being so small and insignificant, can lead to a much greater good in expresing the deepest of thoughts. The insignificance of the pencil also mirrors society and shows all of the tiny things in society can matter the most in life. The building of the plot greatly leads up to the character being able to buy a pencil yet she decides not to buy a pencil in the end. The ending is teriffic and i think that it is a great way of summerizing this idea of a prolonged journey.
- Dan
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