The essay, “The Food Writer Who Lost Her Sense of Smell” By Sofia Perez, is a tear-jerking story because the author narrates her story in a way that it affects people’s emotions. It is sad how the accident affected the writer until she lost her appetite and even her interest in culinary. Being a food writer, she spent most of her time planning he,r next meal (par. 15). And after being involved in an accident, she could no longer do what she liked most. And worst of it, it was later found that she had even lost her ability to smell. This was so heartbreaking especially when the doctor said that an injured nerve often takes time to repair itself if at all it would ever get repaired. The damage to the nerve would even be permanent if at all
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The writing was all she knew as she describes` writing in the most passionate way than any writer would do. Smith-Stevens describes herself as a writer. It seemed she enjoyed writing as she described that as a writer she was never aware that she had a body. The writing was a tool that robbed her body. However, when she got ill, illness robbed her definition as a writer and instead replaced it with illness. Illness does not have the ability to make her forget about her body instead her mind is fixed on her body. Smith-Stevens illness made her feel she was no longer a creature that she knew but a monster and a cage and a supersonic train taking me to a destination over which I had no control (par. 5). Smith-Stevens yearned for a time that sickness would leave her so that she would continue writing the memoir as it was over a year now since she had written the new chapter of the memoir. She even thought that her ability of writing would not come …show more content…
The two authors narrate of their ordeals which emotionally moving. Both authors have accomplished their purpose as they give the readers the feeling of being part of the story. As a reader one feels sorry for each author as their experiences are sorrowful. One is filled with pity when one puts oneself in the shoes of the authors. Both essays are narrative in the sense that the authors narrate the stories about real-life experiences. They engage the reader with their motive of affecting people’s emotions. The narrative structure used in both essays mainly focusses on a single event in their life. However, Smith-Stevens focusses on a series of events of her life. However Smith-Stevens sequence of events helps to reinforce the flow from one stage of the essay to the next. Both authors narrate their experiences as vivid as possible hence engaging the reader. The essays are directed at the appropriate audience, meeting their purpose. The impact of Perez’s essay leaves one with the anxiety of knowing how the next morning would be like for her after discovering that her sense of smell and taste was finally restored. On the other hand, Smith-Stevens’ essay leaves the audience in a sombre mood as she has not come into terms that she would finally recover and continues to insist that she is illness as she cannot write of anything else other than
The writing was all she knew as she describes` writing in the most passionate way than any writer would do. Smith-Stevens describes herself as a writer. It seemed she enjoyed writing as she described that as a writer she was never aware that she had a body. The writing was a tool that robbed her body. However, when she got ill, illness robbed her definition as a writer and instead replaced it with illness. Illness does not have the ability to make her forget about her body instead her mind is fixed on her body. Smith-Stevens illness made her feel she was no longer a creature that she knew but a monster and a cage and a supersonic train taking me to a destination over which I had no control (par. 5). Smith-Stevens yearned for a time that sickness would leave her so that she would continue writing the memoir as it was over a year now since she had written the new chapter of the memoir. She even thought that her ability of writing would not come …show more content…
The two authors narrate of their ordeals which emotionally moving. Both authors have accomplished their purpose as they give the readers the feeling of being part of the story. As a reader one feels sorry for each author as their experiences are sorrowful. One is filled with pity when one puts oneself in the shoes of the authors. Both essays are narrative in the sense that the authors narrate the stories about real-life experiences. They engage the reader with their motive of affecting people’s emotions. The narrative structure used in both essays mainly focusses on a single event in their life. However, Smith-Stevens focusses on a series of events of her life. However Smith-Stevens sequence of events helps to reinforce the flow from one stage of the essay to the next. Both authors narrate their experiences as vivid as possible hence engaging the reader. The essays are directed at the appropriate audience, meeting their purpose. The impact of Perez’s essay leaves one with the anxiety of knowing how the next morning would be like for her after discovering that her sense of smell and taste was finally restored. On the other hand, Smith-Stevens’ essay leaves the audience in a sombre mood as she has not come into terms that she would finally recover and continues to insist that she is illness as she cannot write of anything else other than