The pie by Gary Soto essay
Do you remember as a child stealing another's kid snack just because it seemed tasty? And then when the teacher told you to justify your actions you started to cry and felt like a piece of crap because you knew what you did was sinful and against your core values. This what Gary Soto did when he stole the pie from the German market and feels bad because he is over the top religious? Gary recreates the moment of his guilty six-year self, stealing the pie and become a sinner by using deep imagery, sharp word choice and biblical allusions that make sense. The story would be bland and would not have a point if Gary did not include these
Soto’s skill of recreating the moment, using biblical allusions, makes its appearance …show more content…
in the early parts of the story the reader gets the sense of the religiousness of Gary trough to understanding of the statement that gray makes of “[being] holy in almost every bone” but also understand why Gary commits misdemeanor of the stealing the pie when a simple thing, but very powerful thing, “boredom” makes him sin because boredom has caused terrible and sinful such as the Oklahoma city bombings or smoking illegal drugs such as crystal meth and crack. As Gary describes the moment where he stole the pie he recalls that he “forgetting [forgets] the flowery dust priests give off, the shadow of angels and the proximity of God”, some of the most import things in the Christian religion. The priest dust gives off symbolizes how the priests give others their un-sinfulness which is showed by the dust. The shadows of angels represent how angels follow you to vanish or clear you of your sins. The proximity of god is believed to be where people who are close to god are less sinful than does who are far from god. the reader also so get the sense the devoutness of Gary