Small Potatoes
Symbols
1. The Flowers: Throughout the story the reference to flowers is
consistently made. Within the first paragraph Nancy Lord states, "I
don't do it enough anymore, traipsing through with an eye for rose
hips or spiders snare with its lump of fluttering, tormented moth."
This establishes a pattern evident throughout the story based on the
symbolism of flowers. The flowers represent the intensity and lack of
intensity within the friendship. In the spring the friendship blossoms
as the flowers do, flowers have seeds which signifies the future of
the friendship. The flowers are connected to the symbolism of the
change of seasons, for example in the fall they slowly die, as the
friendship does. Nearing the end of the story she places dead flowers
on the table as a way of accepting her friend may not return to
Alaska.
2. The Seasons: The seasons are the most prominent symbol in the
story. In the summer the relationship flourishes, in the fall it
slowly dies which leads to it being nonexistent in the winter until it
finally begins to grow in the spring. The seasons are a metaphor for
change within the relationship. Within the first few paragraphs a
reference to the seasons is made; "That first summer, working together
in the cannery, I lived in my tent and you lived in your van". The
summer signifies positive growth within the friendship. In the fall
the friendship is slowly dying, "Now that the cold has come, causing
the country to lie down and curl up around itself, it's easier to get
through here" this indicates that things are slowing down. Nancy Lord
then reminisces about the good times she had with her friend during
the past season.
3. The Potatoes: The potatoes initially symb...
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... the friendship as well as motivation in
moving to anchorage, "every trip you take away more, emptying the
house of those thing that make it most yours. Load by load, you're
moving away."
This story is about a friendship that seems to flow with the seasons.
It is intense in the summer and slows down during the fall and winter.
This story reveals that friendships are often unpredictable like the
seasons it often does. Nancy Lord and her friend, in the beginning,
found a connection through the desire to escape to a life les
complicated and more exciting. In Alaska the friendship flourished.
Once Nancy's friend moved back to anchorage, the relationship changed.
This story provides insight into a relationship that many people can
relate too; it reveals the beginning and the end of a friendship that
was based on a common interest at one point in their lives.
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