The Sound Of Summer Running Analysis

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Ray Bradbury’s “The Sound of Summer Running” and Sandra Cisneros’s “Eleven” both have a charter that puts on something for the first time and include many descriptive emotions. In both stories, the main character puts on the clothing items to and are both overwhelmed with feelings, some good, some bad.
In “The Sound of Summer Running” the clothing item is a pair of sneakers that symbolizes freedom and a new beginning to the Douglas, the main character. “The tennis shoes silently hushed themselves deep into the carpet, sank as in jungle grass, in loam and resilient clay.” This quote makes it quite clear that Douglas is enjoying the feeling. He loves these sneakers and they are quite special to him. On the other hand, “Eleven” the clothing

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