An Analysis of Susan Cheever's My Little Bit of Country
My Little Bit of Country
In this essay, about Susan Cheever’s love for New York City and especially Central Park, we are taken on a visual trip through the streets of New York. In our modern society parents have an increasing urge to keep their children safe, and so they move them from the city to the country or opposite in an attempt to shield the children of any of the dangers, which lures all around us. But is this the right way to protect our spouse? Some people just fit perfectly where they are and I think Susan Cheever would agree with me on that. Some people need the city noises and some people will never get used to them. But one thing is sure. If you move a city-person to the countryside at some point they will go back to their roots, as we saw with Susan Cheever. Andy Warhol once said that it was better to live in the city than the country because in the city you can find a little bit of country but in the country you can’t find anything that resembles big city life. I agree on that. Even the biggest concrete jungles on earth have preserved some green areas. Some city may take it more seriously but every big city in the world has some kind of country in them. It can be found in art, parks and even the trees that are left in there. On the other hand you don’t see much of the city on the countryside. You can really tell how much she loves Central Park by how she writes. She uses a lot of adjectives and metaphors throughout the whole story.
“One night the surface of the water heaved and buckled, and a turtle the size of a small car, a mossy prehistoric apparition in the middle of the city, inhaled the biggest chunk of our bread and then disappeared. “
Here is a perfect example on how Susan Cheever uses metaphors to give the reader an almost magical view of Central Park. By writing a line like this gives Susan Cheever the possibility to make the setting for the reader even more romantic and vivid. Throughout the story Susan Cheever uses expressions
In this essay, about Susan Cheever’s love for New York City and especially Central Park, we are taken on a visual trip through the streets of New York. In our modern society parents have an increasing urge to keep their children safe, and so they move them from the city to the country or opposite in an attempt to shield the children of any of the dangers, which lures all around us. But is this the right way to protect our spouse? Some people just fit perfectly where they are and I think Susan Cheever would agree with me on that. Some people need the city noises and some people will never get used to them. But one thing is sure. If you move a city-person to the countryside at some point they will go back to their roots, as we saw with Susan Cheever. Andy Warhol once said that it was better to live in the city than the country because in the city you can find a little bit of country but in the country you can’t find anything that resembles big city life. I agree on that. Even the biggest concrete jungles on earth have preserved some green areas. Some city may take it more seriously but every big city in the world has some kind of country in them. It can be found in art, parks and even the trees that are left in there. On the other hand you don’t see much of the city on the countryside. You can really tell how much she loves Central Park by how she writes. She uses a lot of adjectives and metaphors throughout the whole story.
“One night the surface of the water heaved and buckled, and a turtle the size of a small car, a mossy prehistoric apparition in the middle of the city, inhaled the biggest chunk of our bread and then disappeared. “
Here is a perfect example on how Susan Cheever uses metaphors to give the reader an almost magical view of Central Park. By writing a line like this gives Susan Cheever the possibility to make the setting for the reader even more romantic and vivid. Throughout the story Susan Cheever uses expressions