"'How do you expect to learn anything when you fill your mind with garbage?' he said."
— Offill, Jenny (b. 1968)
Author
Work Title
Date
1999
Metaphor
"'How do you expect to learn anything when you fill your mind with garbage?' he said."
Metaphor in Context
"How do you expect to learn anything when you fill your mind with garbage?" he said. He crumpled up my paper and threw it in the trash.
My mother came into the room. She had her bathrobe on and her eyes were red. "What’s garbage?" she asked.
Edgar blushed. "Perhaps garbage is a bit strong. I just meant..."
(p. 111)
My mother came into the room. She had her bathrobe on and her eyes were red. "What’s garbage?" she asked.
Edgar blushed. "Perhaps garbage is a bit strong. I just meant..."
(p. 111)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Jenny Offill, Last Things (New York: Vintage Books, 1999).
Date of Entry
11/10/2015
