Gary Soto Apple Pie Analysis

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Temptation is like a dangerous river with jagged rocks, ones in sucks you up like a black hole it doesn’t let go. In the excerpt from his biographical narrative A Summers life Gary Soto discusses the temptation that led Soto to sin/evil and he realizes that the pie that he enjoyed in guilt could never be erased. He describes this through the use of allusion and imagery.
Through the use of allusion, the six year old broke his trust for himself and god. The author Soto alludes to Adam and Eve with the apple in order to let the reader know the apple pie was going to lead him to trouble .through this reference, the reader connects the apple form the forbidden tree and the apple pie from the forbidden grocery the authors purpose for this is to

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