where a lamplight flickers, tall and lonesome,
Setting coveys a mood of shadiness.
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- Sep 2020
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pale pink robe
Pink is a sort of faded red, his mother wearing pink represents how she is exhausted.
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The store’s neon sign blazes a deep, rich red in the night.
The store's setting is associated with the father. The deep red/cherry seems to represent sexual drive and infidelity.
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the bags under her eyes, the first time you count, one, two, three creases, deep and black and worn.
The author reaches an age where they are aware of others. He finally recognizes the strain on his mother from the infidelity.
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That it’s almost dinnertime
Dinner is a communal family act that the father is missing. We see the family is broken.
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the bunions
The mother has bunions which suggests that she is a hard worker and has walked a lot.
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“F” by the front door. It stands for family
Irony because father is cheating
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So you’re ladies man like Dad now, no?
Srinivas Mama, who is drunk, accidentally lets out that his father is a "ladies man". The narrator is repulsed as he grows up and does not want to be like his father which contrasts a younger kid that always looks up to his father
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How long have you known?
The mother is loving and caring; she tries to hide the infidelity to her son
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