tracy k smith its not Flashcards
death thinks that by taking tracys father he is paying him back an making him regret what hes leaving behind
“death was thinking of you or me….our father would abandon”
“what it owed him”
a metaphor for the afterlife
“his ride beyond the garments”
general image of her fathers basic life
“death led him pats the aisles of tools”
religious aspect as death highlights that you get what you give.Having to leave behind his family is a punishment
“the television saying…seek and ye shall find”
tracy believes that they should optimize the situation and not think that death is giving him a punishment but a favour
“why do we insist…..death ran off with our everything worth having”
“why not that he was swimming only through this life”
she tries to reassure her sister that he is still out there and he hasnt gone far
“he is only gone so far”
“when i try i see the white cloud of his hair…like an eternity”
from what she says the after life could be all false so she almost forces herself to see her father
“life itself denies”
