A Simple Exchange of Nice Ties

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A simple Exchange of Nice ties The short story was written in 2007 by Joanne Fedler. The main character is also the narrator of the story. The main character is a young girl, who is pregnant with a man called Damien. The main character are having a hard time, socializing with other people: ‘’When I’m sitting on my bench, I’m generally not in the mood for small-talk and chit-chat..’’ – (.Page 9, line 43) The narrator language is very normal, and what ever else American citizen could have spoken it: ‘’ She seemed so bloody keen on kids ‘’ (Page 11 line 133.). The narrator does not have a lot of confidence. One of the reasons might be that the guy she slept with In a one-night-stand (and got pregnant from), called her a “trashy whore”. That made her feel trashy herself. The narrator is also lonesome, when her mother does not want to bail her out of jail (My mother wouldn’t even put up the $500 bail for me. I guess I understand her point. “I’m bad news” (P. 11, l. 128-129,,). Her mothers fail on her might be one of the reasons why, she does not feel comfteble with humans. The bench is a metaphor of the only place she can escape mentally. The bench is her get away point, where she can let go of all her thoughts and relax. She trades the bench like it is a person, talk about it, like It is a person. “They make you feel as if people matter, you know…” She mentions that the bench makes her feel; it is very unusual for person to speak about a material thing like it have feelings, but she does. It might have something to do with the fact that she feels lonely. She talk mentions the bench as if it had feelings or like she had feelings for the bench but I like to think of the bench as my bench. She talks about the bench as if it was her boyfriend. This shows, that the main character is very lonely. She needs someone who can take care of her. She sees herself as an
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