Re: Vivian Gornick-"On the Bus"
This story was interesting it gave me a vivid imagination of what Vivian was going through on the bus with Jewel. I think Vivian felt like she was just there on the bus kind of like she's human and had nothing but white cotton stuffed in here because she probably felt dead, (meaning tired) on the bus and seeing everybody's emotionles tired faces doesn't make you feel any more comfortable.
I was thinking about our discussion in class on this story and I remember bringing up that Jewel really appreciated her listening to her and Vivian was just nonchalantly not feeling like she did anything I'm actually seeing through the eyes of Vivian and it dawned on me the name. Jewel, Jewel was a Jewel on that bus she was a person who had life, vitality, real human emotions and family problems going. She meant something more than the rest of those zombie people on the bus. She radianted life out of her.
Maybe that's why Jewel felt some sort of life force coming out of here.
I know I would want to sit by Jewel on the bus and hear about all her life troubles it's interesting because you know wow there is someone like me who is fucked up too.
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