Fika My Way Of Life Analysis

In “Fika: My Way of Life,” Blom, who’s from Sweden, describes one of her favorite things to do of the day by emphasizing criticism of the way of American life. In “The Street Car,” by Cepek, who’s also from Europe, describes people that he’s observing while waiting for his street car to go home. Even though they have similar time and place settings, their dominant impression, organizing principle, and use of language are different. Blom and Cepek share a lot of similar facts that they both are from Europe and their essays’ place settings are in winter. However, the purposes of the essays are different. Blom argues about the way of Swedish people drink their coffee and the way of Americans drink their coffee. Cepek simply describes people how they are running around to get Christmas present for their families and friends. One of the similar facts they share is the perspective. They are insiders that they are describing something that the readers …show more content…
In Blom’s essay, there are two organizing principle: spatial and topical. However, it’s mostly topical that she describes about one specific thing that she enjoys with her friend. The beginning of the essay is spatial because she describes where she’s being outside then moving inside. Cepek’s essay is more spatial and chronological. He describes his essay by reciting the certain time of the day out of his memory to express the way people are in the cold street. Both writers use simile to add entertainment to the essays. In Blom’s essay, she says “My hands feel like ice,” and “The warm air hits my face and surrounds it like a downy pillow.” The way she describes the subjects around her is very creative especially when she says the warm air surrounds it like a downy pillow. Cepek uses the most enjoy use of language: people’s ears function like a car’s brake lights. The phrase just remind the readers to imagine how cold outside of Czech Republic