Essay 1

In the short story, "Lust" by Susan Minot, the story begins with a young girl talking about the first time she had sex with a boy, as the story goes on she talks more and more about boys she is with and the different situations she in with them. She doesn't talk about her interests very much outside of the boys she encounters. In the story I feel like the girl has low self confidence and low self esteem "Some things I was good as , like math or painting or even sports but the second a boy put his arm around me , I forgot about wanting to do anything else." (Susan Minot Pp. 13)

In this quote I feel like it's a foreshadowing of the person she would become later, so involved in boys that she didn't have a real meaning in life. She feels she isn't a good enough to not have sex with the boys and is just doing it, because she thinks it's a way to get them to love her. The life of a person can be divided into seasons. Spring represents early childhood, a time of growth. In John Updike's Summer represents childhood and adolescence, an exciting and carefree time. Just as summer becomes autumn, an adolescent becomes an adult. Autumn represents the younger adult years. The winter season brings cold weather; this causes many plants to die. A person's declining years and eventual death can be viewed as the winter season of their life. Sometimes writers will use a season to symbolize a time in the life of the protagonist in their story. This writers' tool is wielded nicely by David Updike and Alice Walker. These authors use the summer season to portray the youth of the protagonists in their writings. This use of symbolism also helps give the reader a better understanding of the story's meaning.

It is evident that season is an important part of David Updike's “Summer.” However, the reader must pay close attention to details in order to grasp the symbolism and meaning of this time of year. The protagonist of the story is Homer, a young man spending the summer with his friend, Fred. They are vacationing at the lake with Fred's family which includes his father, mother, and realizes the fate of this unknown victim, her attitude immediately changes. Walker gives the impression that Myop is ...