- Aug 2022
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cigarette
I like this comparison. Like I said above, the constant comparisons between something as harmless as gum to cigarettes is striking. Although she admits they are not the same, there are similarities.
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pointless
How can it be pointless when it's oh-so tasty?! Her comparisons between gum and other, far more harmful vices throughout the piece explore the idea that everyone has a vice. Different vices are harmful in different ways to varying degrees.
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I’m in town, where the streets and sidewalks outside the places where people gather are full of white spots, distributed as randomly as the stars in the sky, and in the dark, lit up by street lamps and shimmering faintly against the black asphalt, what the gum-flecked pavement most resembles is indeed a starry sky.Editors’ PicksIn Sarah Nurse, a Found Voice for HockeyE. Bryant Crutchfield, 85, Dies; Gave the World the Trapper KeeperWhen Los Angeles Slipped Out of Her Budget, She Looked East for More Space. Which Home Did She Choose?AdvertisementContinue reading the main story
She finds a commonality between herself and those in her community. One of the things I'm interested in my own storytelling is finding commonalities between myself and others. Sometimes I have a hard time describing this interest, people seem to think it's too vague. I think this article is a great example of taking something simple in our everyday lives and finding a story within it. I love stories like this!!!
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In all the places I have lived and written, in Volda and Bergen, in Stockholm and Malmo, I have known which shops stocked Juicy Fruit.
Juicy Fruit: The one universal truth
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But chewing gum was only transgressive when we were 7 or 8, when chewing a small piece of gum with your mouth open was cool and having your mouth full provided a certain status.
I love this line. There really is no cooler feeling than being in third grade and making that fat smacking sound when you're chewing your gum
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He tore off a piece of paper and handed it to me.
Finally! Somewhere to stick the gum
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The gum at first adhered only lightly to my skin, but as the protective layer of saliva dried, it became clear that the gum would require some visible effort to remove.
OMG SO GROSS! Her comparison of her spit to glue to her hand is icky... but gripping
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glob
I love all of these descriptors in reference to the gum. It really paints a picture and brings the reader inside this familiar experience
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a kind of shell that makes a crunching sound when the teeth are pressed through it, and a softer center that releases its strong taste as soon as the teeth reach it
I love the details in the opening paragraph! It makes me feel like I can almost taste it
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