Heat in Welty's "Voice coming"
Extended Response to Welty's "Where is the voice coming from?"Discussing the use of "heat" throughout the story and what it symbolizes. "I'm just so tired of ever'thing in the world being just that hot to the touch! The keys to the truck, the doorknob, the bedsheet, ever'thing, it's all like a stove lid."In this story, there is a repeated reference to heat. I believe that this reference has two purposes. I believe that it is a reflection of the rage that the assassin was feeling before he committed murder. This quote also refers to the feeling of guilt and coconscious that the assassin experiences after his crime. The assassin felt everything had become to "hot", so he was
It seems he almost wanted to be caught for this murder. This would go against his white supremacist views. "His face was in the front of the public before I got rid of him, and after I got rid of him there it is again-- the same picture. After committing this deed, if he felt worse than he did before, that would show a feeling of regret. The reference to guilt of committing the crime is easily noticed because every mention of heat is made after the assassination. With all of the uproar of the civil rights movement, he felt that this murder would slow it down and make other white supremacist feel better about the situation. After killing Summer he waits around to make sure he is dead and to see if anyone is going to come out of the house. I think some of this "heat" also came from the lack of recognition the assassin got from the murder. How could he feel regret for something that he did to help how he felt about the movement? Having regret leads to remorse, and having remorse would mean that he was sorry for murdering Summer. The assassin probably thought that he would have not even been punished for his act. " This makes me think that the assassin would never admit that he felt guilty for committing this crime. compelled to take action to "cool" things down. " His actions bring even more attention to the black man, while he feels no one will ever know who he is.
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