Shemar Gordon
Professor Carme
IDS 3920
1 March 2019
One
Page Analysis
The
pages I decided to analyze out of the book, “Gift From The Sea”, were pages 31-32.
On these pages, the author expresses what it’s like to live not based on ideals
of what modern society brings. The author is in her own “shell” and can do as
she pleases. The author starts by stating that she wants a change in her life,
the change she decides to make is living on the beach. Living on the beach to
the author is much less stressful than modern life in America. You don’t have
to appeal to modern society. You are in control of how you want things due to the
isolation on the beach. The author starts off by lessening the amount of
clothes she needs, she’s on the beach where she barely needs clothes. The
author considers a suitcase full of clothing to be enough to satisfy her needs.
Next the author goes about how she wants her shelter to be as empty as it can be.
The less furniture and housing accessories the better. I chose this page because
it’s interesting to see someone who actually wants to be away from modern
society rather than blend within it. The author comes from a complicated
lifestyle where she has a husband and five kids. This isolation from all of
that gives the author more time to think, more time to focus on herself. This
shelter is also referred to as her shell. This shell is considered to be the
place where she feels more like herself and not what she needs to be to fit
into society. She states that she only invites people into her shell that she
can be honest with, so she can shed the hypocrisy in human relationships. I
found this to be very interesting because regardless of what you deem to be
your shell, humans are more themselves when they’re in their most comfortable
spot or in their “shell”. The author is going out of her way to make sure she
shed anything she deemed unnecessary, this house on the beach was truly her shell.
Barely any furniture, clothing, isolated from society. It’s just a simplistic
spot where the author can be herself the most without the burden of knowing
people are watching your every step behind your back.
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