Sheltering Sky Analysis

The traveler has become a common image of those of the modernist writers. This image is prominent in Paul Bowles novel, Sheltering Sky. The characters of Port and Kit do more than just visit the sites. They become immersed in the culture that have journeyed to. They do this to escape themselves but civilization of the world that they came from. The traveler is more than just the tourist; there can be a moment where they can decide to be native even for a little bit. The traveler goes beyond just the story of Sheltering Sky; it also applies to other modernist works as well. In Paul Bowles Sheltering Sky firsts mentions traveler in the first six pages of the book, he writes, “the traveler, belonging to no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly, over period s of years from one part of the earth to another.” (6) Within this Bowles, he basically introduces that the traveler is more than a tourist who is willing to go back home. The Traveler is someone who takes there time to where they want to travel. When Bowles …show more content…
Toklas by Gertrude Stein there is a remembrance of the traveler within their story, because they are Americans who have found themselves part of the Paris scene. Compared to most of those that are mentioned earlier in this paper, both Stein and Toklas have found a place where the traveler has a more permanent place. Compared to where they originally come from. Both Stein and Toklas are travelers who are certainly not tourist because they have found a permanent place in society. They instead become American exiles who inspire others to become travelers. For Paul Bowles they were the ones that set his career in motion of his life reflecting upon his story of what a traveler was. They helped create an age where the life a tourist had died for a short period of time, and created era where some of the most creative minds to explore a world that is more open than it was before World War