Within the first sentence, “something I had never done before” (1-2) already shows the narrators deep sense of uncertainty despite the will to learn and grow from her new environment. Perhaps the most telling of metaphors the author uses is the, “pale-yellow sun” (20), which represents an eeriness that such unfamiliar surroundings tend to invoke. This contrasts with the familiarity of the narrator’s native home, represented by a, “bright sun-yellow making everything curl at the edges” (18-19). Her diction also gives this section of the passage true meaning, as the language tends to flow with a rhythm when she discusses her native home versus a choppier, more uncomfortable diction when she describes her current, “all wrong” (27)
Within the first sentence, “something I had never done before” (1-2) already shows the narrators deep sense of uncertainty despite the will to learn and grow from her new environment. Perhaps the most telling of metaphors the author uses is the, “pale-yellow sun” (20), which represents an eeriness that such unfamiliar surroundings tend to invoke. This contrasts with the familiarity of the narrator’s native home, represented by a, “bright sun-yellow making everything curl at the edges” (18-19). Her diction also gives this section of the passage true meaning, as the language tends to flow with a rhythm when she discusses her native home versus a choppier, more uncomfortable diction when she describes her current, “all wrong” (27)