Brief Summary Of David Sedaris 'Short Story Let It Snow'
Tina Schlander
Professor Warda
English 101
25 January 2015
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL I found myself dreaming of the day I would finally "have a life". I was a stay-at-home mom for eight years. During those eight years there were wonderful memories made with my son and husband, but towards the end the euphoria wore off and reality hit. In a short story written by David Sedaris called "Let it Snow", he shared a piece of his childhood to his readers. He was in the 5th grade living in Binghamton, New York with his two sisters, mom, and dad. His dad was always gone due to work and his mom 's moodiness. Snow fell for the first time in years which caused schools too close for five days. This disrupted his mom’s life and when she couldn 't handle …show more content…
So he and his sisters played for a while and came back a few hours later to find that the door was still locked. They rang the doorbell and their mom never answered, so they looked through the window, saw her drinking wine, and watching television. To get their moms’ attention they yelled, knocked, and even threw snowballs at the window which she bluntly ignored. So they got mad. It was getting late and they wanted to teach both of their parents a lesson. They came up with a plan where one of them would lay in the middle of the road and get hit by a car. They figured it would make the parents feel bad for not showing them attention that they obviously needed. While his sister was laying in the middle of the road the neighbor drove up, saw her, and then told their mom. She finally came and got them. He clearly states that this was just how things were when he was growing up. I find that stay at home moms can face many
Professor Warda
English 101
25 January 2015
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL I found myself dreaming of the day I would finally "have a life". I was a stay-at-home mom for eight years. During those eight years there were wonderful memories made with my son and husband, but towards the end the euphoria wore off and reality hit. In a short story written by David Sedaris called "Let it Snow", he shared a piece of his childhood to his readers. He was in the 5th grade living in Binghamton, New York with his two sisters, mom, and dad. His dad was always gone due to work and his mom 's moodiness. Snow fell for the first time in years which caused schools too close for five days. This disrupted his mom’s life and when she couldn 't handle …show more content…
So he and his sisters played for a while and came back a few hours later to find that the door was still locked. They rang the doorbell and their mom never answered, so they looked through the window, saw her drinking wine, and watching television. To get their moms’ attention they yelled, knocked, and even threw snowballs at the window which she bluntly ignored. So they got mad. It was getting late and they wanted to teach both of their parents a lesson. They came up with a plan where one of them would lay in the middle of the road and get hit by a car. They figured it would make the parents feel bad for not showing them attention that they obviously needed. While his sister was laying in the middle of the road the neighbor drove up, saw her, and then told their mom. She finally came and got them. He clearly states that this was just how things were when he was growing up. I find that stay at home moms can face many