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Mini Literary Analysis For High Tide In Tucson
In the novel “High Tide in Tucson” the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses a hermit crab to explain the importance of life. At the beginning of the chapter, the reader is introduced to the main characters, Buster and Barbara. Buster appeared in a new place when the reader was surprised to find the little hermit crap stumble our carton full of seashells Barbara had brought back from the Bahamas to give to her daughter back in Tucson, Arizona. Barbara, an animal behaviorist is very accepting at what life throws in the way “To walk upright, to protect my loved ones, to cooperate with my family—however broadly I care to define it – to do whatever will help us thrive” (Kingsolver 8). The description of this quote states the symbolism of how sometimes the environment of the reader may change unexpectedly causing the reader to rethink the situation. Buster was put in this situation. “We humans have to grant the presence of some past adaptations, even in their unforgivable extremes, if only to admit they are permanent rocks in the stream we’re obliged to navigate” (Kingsolver, 8), also states to help support the theory. Buster has to totally change its views to understand where it is and what it is supposed to do. Barbara tells the reader in the end of the article “She will roam light-years from the base of the tree” (Kingsolver 14). The reader will never know what will happen in ten years or the end of life. Kingsolver states again that the world is all in relation. Even small little creatures, like Buster, can cause a change in the readers view.
Kingsolver, Barbara. "High Tide In Tucson." Essays from Now or Never. New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, 2003. 1-16.
In the novel “High Tide in Tucson” the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses a hermit crab to explain the importance of life. At the beginning of the chapter, the reader is introduced to the main characters, Buster and Barbara. Buster appeared in a new place when the reader was surprised to find the little hermit crap stumble our carton full of seashells Barbara had brought back from the Bahamas to give to her daughter back in Tucson, Arizona. Barbara, an animal behaviorist is very accepting at what life throws in the way “To walk upright, to protect my loved ones, to cooperate with my family—however broadly I care to define it – to do whatever will help us thrive” (Kingsolver 8). The description of this quote states the symbolism of how sometimes the environment of the reader may change unexpectedly causing the reader to rethink the situation. Buster was put in this situation. “We humans have to grant the presence of some past adaptations, even in their unforgivable extremes, if only to admit they are permanent rocks in the stream we’re obliged to navigate” (Kingsolver, 8), also states to help support the theory. Buster has to totally change its views to understand where it is and what it is supposed to do. Barbara tells the reader in the end of the article “She will roam light-years from the base of the tree” (Kingsolver 14). The reader will never know what will happen in ten years or the end of life. Kingsolver states again that the world is all in relation. Even small little creatures, like Buster, can cause a change in the readers view.
Kingsolver, Barbara. "High Tide In Tucson." Essays from Now or Never. New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, 2003. 1-16.