The Paisanos In Tortilla Flat

“Danny’s friends were lying in the tall grass that edged the cemetery” – setting; spatial = near the funeral but not participating. This example highlights the separation between the Paisanos and the rest of the community during Danny’s funeral. Even though, all of the other citizens in Tortilla Flat operates on a different system from the rest of the world, the Paisanos are shown to be more isolated because the others are able to dress in the right clothes to attend the funeral. The Paisanos or Danny’s friends are then unable to be part of the actual funeral and are forced to watch from a distance. They also represent the difference between being “wet” and “dry” or a “Paisano” and a “historian”. The Paisanos lived a very relaxed wet life of …show more content…
In this example, the Narrator is briefly showing its character by address to the audience about the will and strength of the Paisanos. Rather than simply reporting the actions and feelings of the characters, the narrator is revealing judgement in the form of a question to allow the reader or itself to think about the Paisanos’ actions during this point in the novel. On one hand, the Paisanos are displaying courage by showing up to support for Danny even though they cannot actual attend the funeral. At the same time, the narrator is revealing the Paisanos weakness because they are hinting that eventually the “shame” and “misery” of Danny’s funeral does break the rest Paisanos’ will. The realization that the characters can’t attend the funeral because they don’t have the right clothes causes the Paisanos to feel humiliated since they cannot mourn for their friend in peace. Instead of the Narrator directly addressing the reason for the Paisanos’ pain, they place the responsivity on the reader to establish the conclusion that the character suffer from the hardship of their poverty and