What Does Tangled Hair And Half-Open Mouth Mean

In the story ¨The dead¨ Gabriel is Juliaś nephew. He’s the one taking care of her because she’s dying. Gabriel character is understandable and he’s upset that his aunt will not be with him for long. In different ways he lets the reader know how her life used to be and how it changed to where she stands now and how all that made her last sad days. In this story imagery is very important in order to understand what is going on. The speaker uses imagery to let the reader know that Gabriel’s aunt is dying and for that he uses quotes like “tangled hair and half-open mouth” to demonstrate how her appearance doesn’t matter anymore. He uses other quotes like ‘walk along the river in the snow” to point out that her death is coming already and that it’s a sad and slow process she’s having to go …show more content…
The author adds that people on the other side, meaning the people that are already dead that were close to Gabriel’s aunt know that she’s almost with them and they are sad that she’s almost leaving earth. He also says that them, the ones on the other side are still coming down for her aunt, so they can take her with them and be part of them now. He also he indicated how much Gabriel wished to help her, console her, and make her last days not as sad as she’s experiencing them. He knows her aunt has already made up her mind that she’s dying and knows that nothing will make her feel better.
The motif in this story is time and how things change. The story mentions things such as “a few moments” which proves the author was talking about time. Gabriel’s aunt is about to die, so time is what’s about to stop once she dies. The author describes how “soon” everything will finish and everything she once lived will be gone. He also mentions how time makes people ugly and are “no longer beautiful” which means since death is getting close, she’s old and how she looks now is nothing compared with when she was