Analysis Of John T. Edge's I M Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing

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John T. Edge wrote, "I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing," which right off the bat makes you wonder, what could he possibly be talking about? The Author John T. Edge has entered this juke determined to eat pigs’ lips. He describes the atmosphere in a way that could make anyone feel like they are there. He sits there staring at them as he drinks three beers. Edge then goes in a different direction to describe where the pigs’ lips actually came from. He talks about the manufacturing and distribution of them and introduces the proprietor of Farm Fresh Food Supply, Lionel Dufour. He explains the history of the company and how it started with Lionel’s Father. Edge allows Lionel’s monologue to describe his family history, the company history, and…show more content…
He then focuses on the pigs lips sitting right in front of him on the bar. After watching him observe the lips for quite a bit of time, the barkeep’s nephew finally offers a helping hand and offer up a hint for making them a little more appetizing. This scene is just another way of describing how family and friend oriented this place is. As he tries it with the chips, he finds that it really isn’t that bad. John T. Edge for sure did not leave until he ate those pickled pig lips. Pickled pig lips? That is just flat out nasty, but it made for an amazing profile. This profile was saturated with detail just as those pickled pig's lips were saturated in pickling juice. I like how the author set the scene in the first paragraph but then skipped backward to tell you how he got to where he was, with pig lips sitting in front of him. Some of the things that Edge described made me sick to my stomach when he said, "The pig feet floating in a murky jar by the cash register, their blunt tips bobbing up through a pasty white film (97)." When Edge was describing the pig's lips as he ate them, I could almost taste them in my mouth. John T. Edge did a good job with hooking the reader and making them taste, smell,

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