After the discussions we had in class about the story "Dearth" and then looking back at the story something came to mind. These potatoes symbolize someone that may come into your life that you didn't accept at first but after you start to accept them being in your life you realize their importance. You may want to push someone different away because you are afraid of differences or afraid of change but then they keep coming back and you soon realize they are meant to be there. Why do we push away people who are different or people who bring change? After we have tried everything we can to push this away once it is finally gone we start to realize how much we didn't actually want it gone. In the story, the woman finally manages to get rid of one of the potatoes and it disappears forever but then she starts freaking out because it is gone.
This goes back to the saying "You don't know what you have until it is gone." She didn't realize how much she was starting to care about these potatoes until one of them did disappear. She then never tried getting rid of them ever again. Sometimes we need to lose something important to us in order to teach us to appreciate everything we have and accept others who are different. How boring would life be if we were all the same and there wasn't differences in life.
(Kelcey Summers 13)
Great observations about "Dearth." I particularly like the idea that the potatoes are meant to represent human fear of change and difference.
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