Thoughts on THE GIFT Essay - 983 Words

The short story The Gift has many layers with in itself on different topics. nbsp;The topics of discrimination, feminism, friendship, tradition, and power all can be seen in this story. Many literary devices can be seen in the story also. nbsp;Such as: theme, metaphor, tone and symbol. This story unlike most as that I couldnt predict what was going to happen that made the girls leave the school. nbsp;Just as it says in the beginning paragraph quot;No one expected Merceditas C#225;ceres, on the day Carlotta Rodriguez was expelled from the Sacred Heart, to hang her silk sash from the doorknob, drop her medal of the Congregation of the Angels in the alms box, and walk out through the schools portico arm in arm with her friend, head†¦show more content†¦nbsp;She tells her about the way the hills look and the town works, and every little detail and this brings such pleasure to Merceditas. nbsp;Since Merceditas did not go out into the town she had no friends and Carlotta was perfe ct for her. nbsp;Unlike Carlotta, Merceditas has an important family name and easily gets into Scared Heart. nbsp; I felt that feminism was evident in The Gift rather strongly. nbsp;One paragraph about the head nun, Mother Artigas, showed how much of a feminist the author most likely was. nbsp;quot;She had had an extensive education and had acquired more than one doctoral degree at foreign universities. 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