The theme that a falsehood can tie a written piece together is a fascinating way of presenting nonfiction. The author, Harriet Doerr, admits to the reader that her remembrance of low tide being at four o’ clock is a figment of imagination, and yet she uses this time to bring her story into focus, putting events together such that the ending is around four o'clock when the tide is low. Doerr’s use of the image of a painting as encapsulating this story provides the reader the framework of a canvas on which to paint the words. A beach scene is imagined and then the details are filled in by Doerr’s memories.
Rhapsody in Green, 27
This story is odd in its use of a color to symbolize fantasy and reality colliding. Writer Marjorie Sandor envisions a restaurant at a location that has some realness, but is lacking the actual eatery. In this fake restaurant, Sandor believes there is upholstery colored with the perfect green. A stage of her life is spent searching to find this special green. She sees resemblances in olives and certain garden plants, put she is not able to find the color of her dreams. Admitting she might be a ‘mad-hatter,’ Sandor goes off to see a colony of psychics to help her with her issues. The one on call tells her to venture off on her long journey; Sandor is scared of the uncertainty. This uneasiness seems to be the realization that her green doesn’t exist in reality. In a careful reading, Sandor’s mentions how she “fell in love when she shouldn’t have” (29). This obsessive search for green could be her metaphorical yearnings to get out of relationship in which she is not happy. She wants a new life, she wants the freshness of a sprouting green plant.
Rhapsody in Green, 27
This story is odd in its use of a color to symbolize fantasy and reality colliding. Writer Marjorie Sandor envisions a restaurant at a location that has some realness, but is lacking the actual eatery. In this fake restaurant, Sandor believes there is upholstery colored with the perfect green. A stage of her life is spent searching to find this special green. She sees resemblances in olives and certain garden plants, put she is not able to find the color of her dreams. Admitting she might be a ‘mad-hatter,’ Sandor goes off to see a colony of psychics to help her with her issues. The one on call tells her to venture off on her long journey; Sandor is scared of the uncertainty. This uneasiness seems to be the realization that her green doesn’t exist in reality. In a careful reading, Sandor’s mentions how she “fell in love when she shouldn’t have” (29). This obsessive search for green could be her metaphorical yearnings to get out of relationship in which she is not happy. She wants a new life, she wants the freshness of a sprouting green plant.
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