The Pie
In the autobiographical narrative "The Pie," Gary Soto tells of a sin he commits as a child and later feels guilty about. Although he knew stealing was wrong, that knowledge still did not keep him from taking a pie from the market. With the use of religious diction, vivid imagery, repetition, and pacing, Soto tells his readers of his life-changing experience, and what he thinks is the meaning of sin. The author uses religious diction throughout the narrative. Although as a young boy, Soto was "holy in almost every bone," (line 1) he still stole the apple pie. He says he "knew enough about hell" to keep him from stealing, yet he did it anyways. He knew what he was doing was wrong, but blames his sin on boredom. Earlier, he saw "shadows of angels" (line 2) in his backyard, and heard the pipes howling underneath his house, which he describes as being "God howling" in line 8. "The Pie" is full of colorful and vivid imagery. The use of this rhetorical strategy helps the re
Also in the story, three is the number of times that he sees the shadows of angels. This is the most exciting part of the story. From this line, we can also see that he learns his lesson of stealing and sinning, because the reader senses a tone of remorse and regret in the sentence. " What the young boy knew was the wrong thing to do was just that. When the author wipes his "sticky fingers on the grass" in line 24, the sense of touch is described. While he is at the market, he "nearly wept trying to decide which [pie] to steal. Hancock, in reality, had no idea of what Soto had just done. He starts to believe that everyone knows of the bad thing he just did, like his neighbor: "Mrs. Gary Soto's essay can almost be summarized by the final line: "I knew sin was what you took and didn't give back. In line 9, readers will picture the "bald grocer whose forehead shone with a window of light" that Soto saw in the market, which shows how the sense of sight is used in the story. The most important idea repeated is how Soto is described as crying nearly the whole time he is stealing the pie. " From line 4 through line 25, Soto steals the apple pie and eats it.
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