This autobiography “Let It Snow”, takes place in North Carolina during a snowy winter that left children home from school. David and his sisters had driven their mother over the edge because they had been home a week straight on snow days. The Mother kicks her kids out of the house to get some peace and quiet; as a result, she starts drinking: In conclusion, the children plot revenge on their drunk mother by creating a potentially dangerous situation, causing mother to come outside in the snow to get them, in the process losing her left loafer. David Sedaris wrote “Let it Snow” based on a snow day he once had as a child: He speaks of real-life situations to a general audience in a sarcastic tone that encompasses the tone in the story; to which
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When David and his sisters had been out of school for 5 days, due to the snow storm, his mother yells “Get the hell out of my house” (Sedaris 73). As brutal as that sounds, a mother who has been at her wits end before can relate. For some stay at home mothers, when their children are in school, it is their time to recuperate, David’s mother had not had any time to herself in at least 5 days. Alcoholism is another situation in this story that many would find relatable. Although sad, a lot of people struggle with it, as well as the children they are caring for. David states “Drinking didn’t count if you followed a glass of wine with a cup of coffee and so she had both a goblet and a mug positioned before her…” (Sedaris 73). Back when there were no cell phones getting ahold of a working parent seemed to be more difficult; on the contrary, it is possible the working parent wanted it that way; nevertheless, a mother is always a mother: she will come to the rescue in the end, well sort …show more content…
Because this story uses easy to process words and phrases, more people are capable to read and understand what the story is about. For example; the author writes “I pictured Gretchen, her life hanging by a thread as my parents paced the halls of Rex Hospital, wishing they had been more attentive” (Sedaris 74). Everyone that reads that can picture parents pacing in the hallway of a hospital; however, another author could have used a more complex English vocabulary which could possibly make it harder to understand. David does not need to use tricky transitional words or confusing colons to make a great story; in the same way, the author uses the term “butter-colored” to describe his sister’s winter coat clearly using terms that any person who has seen butter before would be able to picture in their mind. It is better to understand a story like this if one does not have to look up every other word in a dictionary to find the
When David and his sisters had been out of school for 5 days, due to the snow storm, his mother yells “Get the hell out of my house” (Sedaris 73). As brutal as that sounds, a mother who has been at her wits end before can relate. For some stay at home mothers, when their children are in school, it is their time to recuperate, David’s mother had not had any time to herself in at least 5 days. Alcoholism is another situation in this story that many would find relatable. Although sad, a lot of people struggle with it, as well as the children they are caring for. David states “Drinking didn’t count if you followed a glass of wine with a cup of coffee and so she had both a goblet and a mug positioned before her…” (Sedaris 73). Back when there were no cell phones getting ahold of a working parent seemed to be more difficult; on the contrary, it is possible the working parent wanted it that way; nevertheless, a mother is always a mother: she will come to the rescue in the end, well sort …show more content…
Because this story uses easy to process words and phrases, more people are capable to read and understand what the story is about. For example; the author writes “I pictured Gretchen, her life hanging by a thread as my parents paced the halls of Rex Hospital, wishing they had been more attentive” (Sedaris 74). Everyone that reads that can picture parents pacing in the hallway of a hospital; however, another author could have used a more complex English vocabulary which could possibly make it harder to understand. David does not need to use tricky transitional words or confusing colons to make a great story; in the same way, the author uses the term “butter-colored” to describe his sister’s winter coat clearly using terms that any person who has seen butter before would be able to picture in their mind. It is better to understand a story like this if one does not have to look up every other word in a dictionary to find the