Tobacco Case
What is happening in this passage? How did the morning’s event conclude?
Within this passage, the narrator, the daughter of a tobacco farmer accounts the ways of the trade and events that occur when selling tobacco. From what we know, they are a poor family living off the sales of tobacco, hence, when confronted by the seller, there is a great feeling of tension because what they live for is on the line. The narrator goes on to tell us about the events that occur if the buyer's of tobacco offer her Father a good deal, or a lousy deal. When a lousy deal is offered to the father, “he tears the ticket” out of anger, for now he has to maintain the tobacco until a new buyer is in need of tobacco. If the ticket has a price the father can agree with, …show more content…
Consider the multiple denotations of the word as well as its connotation.
The use of tickets in the transactions can be understood and implied in a variety of ways. This is for the reason that tickets, in literal meaning, is, “a piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right.” The buyers of tobacco use tickets as a method of communication to offer a price to the dad selling the product. In other ways, the ticket acts almost as a contract, signifying that the transaction has been made and it can now be finalized at the will of the seller (the father). On the other hand, the ticket has different meaning in terms of the family, as it is a way in which they can escape poverty. The offer on this ticket can help the family for months to come and allow them to support themselves. The ticket has a deep emotional meaning towards the family, especially the children as noted when the author says, “But if he is walking quickly over the line of tobacco, leaving the tickets pristine, beautiful whole rectangles of yellow, we are giddy. Vanessa and I start to run between the bales, exuberant, silly, loud”. The father’s approval/disapproval of the offer on the ticket creates hope as well as suspense and adds emotion to the characters, helping to either commence a new joyful tone or continue the ongoing melancholic
Within this passage, the narrator, the daughter of a tobacco farmer accounts the ways of the trade and events that occur when selling tobacco. From what we know, they are a poor family living off the sales of tobacco, hence, when confronted by the seller, there is a great feeling of tension because what they live for is on the line. The narrator goes on to tell us about the events that occur if the buyer's of tobacco offer her Father a good deal, or a lousy deal. When a lousy deal is offered to the father, “he tears the ticket” out of anger, for now he has to maintain the tobacco until a new buyer is in need of tobacco. If the ticket has a price the father can agree with, …show more content…
Consider the multiple denotations of the word as well as its connotation.
The use of tickets in the transactions can be understood and implied in a variety of ways. This is for the reason that tickets, in literal meaning, is, “a piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right.” The buyers of tobacco use tickets as a method of communication to offer a price to the dad selling the product. In other ways, the ticket acts almost as a contract, signifying that the transaction has been made and it can now be finalized at the will of the seller (the father). On the other hand, the ticket has different meaning in terms of the family, as it is a way in which they can escape poverty. The offer on this ticket can help the family for months to come and allow them to support themselves. The ticket has a deep emotional meaning towards the family, especially the children as noted when the author says, “But if he is walking quickly over the line of tobacco, leaving the tickets pristine, beautiful whole rectangles of yellow, we are giddy. Vanessa and I start to run between the bales, exuberant, silly, loud”. The father’s approval/disapproval of the offer on the ticket creates hope as well as suspense and adds emotion to the characters, helping to either commence a new joyful tone or continue the ongoing melancholic