In every Bender story loneliness is shown. Somehow there is always something to take care of that loneliness though. The woman buried her children and she left lonely again, and then went and got them out. Almost like she didn't realize what she had until she lost it. She treated them like her children after that though. She dressed them up, and took good care of them. (Nicole Butzke, Post 14).
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Never Leaving
In the story "Dearth" the potatoes represented staying forever. She always tried to discard the potatoes but they always returned. No matter what she did they always came back. I think they represented a children because the lady was lonely. It took them nine months to mature. The woman was mean to them to but the children still loved her.
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I like your observation that even though loneliness is present in all of Bender's stories, there is always some element at work to alleviate that loneliness. Could you give a few examples of other stories where you see this occurring? Perhaps the woman and the mango from "Fruit and Words"?
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