Red From Green
Red From Green is a short story about how a girl named Sam becomes a woman. Every year, Sam and her father go on a float trip down the river for four days. But this year it’s different, because Sam’s uncle, Harry, and one of Harry’s clients called Layton are joining in on the trip. Sam and Layton end up spending a lot of time together during this trip since Sam’s father and Harry often are out doing stuff on their own. There is a bit of romance in the air between Sam and Layton which shows when Layton compliments her multiple times. One night Layton is having some pain in his back and asks for someone to walk on it to ease the pain. Sam steps up on his back and he gives her instructions on how to properly walk on it. He tell …show more content…
Sam doesn’t say anything about the situation to her father and they don’t speak much to each other at all. When they get home, Sam fills out a scholarship application and puts it in the mail without telling her father anything. A week later she told him and his response was ”Oh. Good. That’s great”. She then wanted to ask him why he had left her alone with Layton that night but instead she just mentioned that orientation is in the last week of August. The story then ends with the father replying ”Sure. Right. I’ll miss you here”.
The main theme of the story is growing up. Sam goes through something that makes her realize that she is gonna be a woman someday. The way she realizes is by having an intimate night with Layton. No boy has ever looked or touched her the way he did that night. She isn’t a little innocent girl anymore. It’s time for her to become a …show more content…
As earlier stated, Sam lives in Montana with her dad. I’d imagine that they are are middle-class family, living in a decent home, since we don’t hear about them being either poor or rich. It could also be a possibility that her parents are divorced since the story tells us that she lives with her dad.
When they go on the trip, the physical setting is wherever they decide to put up their tents. It’s probably in the woods somewhere next to the river. They sleep in tents and make a campfire during the evenings and during the day they go out sailing or go exploring.
Finally, the symbolism of the story is hidden in the title. ’Red From Green’ can also be read as ’Lady From Girl’. The color green symbolizes youth and immaturity, while the color red symbolizes something sensual and mature which can be connected to a woman. This title is very clever since Sam during the story starts the process of her growing up and becoming a
Red From Green is a short story about how a girl named Sam becomes a woman. Every year, Sam and her father go on a float trip down the river for four days. But this year it’s different, because Sam’s uncle, Harry, and one of Harry’s clients called Layton are joining in on the trip. Sam and Layton end up spending a lot of time together during this trip since Sam’s father and Harry often are out doing stuff on their own. There is a bit of romance in the air between Sam and Layton which shows when Layton compliments her multiple times. One night Layton is having some pain in his back and asks for someone to walk on it to ease the pain. Sam steps up on his back and he gives her instructions on how to properly walk on it. He tell …show more content…
Sam doesn’t say anything about the situation to her father and they don’t speak much to each other at all. When they get home, Sam fills out a scholarship application and puts it in the mail without telling her father anything. A week later she told him and his response was ”Oh. Good. That’s great”. She then wanted to ask him why he had left her alone with Layton that night but instead she just mentioned that orientation is in the last week of August. The story then ends with the father replying ”Sure. Right. I’ll miss you here”.
The main theme of the story is growing up. Sam goes through something that makes her realize that she is gonna be a woman someday. The way she realizes is by having an intimate night with Layton. No boy has ever looked or touched her the way he did that night. She isn’t a little innocent girl anymore. It’s time for her to become a …show more content…
As earlier stated, Sam lives in Montana with her dad. I’d imagine that they are are middle-class family, living in a decent home, since we don’t hear about them being either poor or rich. It could also be a possibility that her parents are divorced since the story tells us that she lives with her dad.
When they go on the trip, the physical setting is wherever they decide to put up their tents. It’s probably in the woods somewhere next to the river. They sleep in tents and make a campfire during the evenings and during the day they go out sailing or go exploring.
Finally, the symbolism of the story is hidden in the title. ’Red From Green’ can also be read as ’Lady From Girl’. The color green symbolizes youth and immaturity, while the color red symbolizes something sensual and mature which can be connected to a woman. This title is very clever since Sam during the story starts the process of her growing up and becoming a