Dusting By Julia Alvarez Summary
Naomi Lopez
ENC 1102 (869023)
Professor Sophia Funk
2 November 2015
Analysis to Dusting In "Dusting" written by Julia Alvarez, a little girl accompany her mother to work as housekeeping lady every morning. When the little girl sees her mother dusting and polishing furniture and mirrors around the home, the little girl realizes how she wants to be nothing like her mother, the little girl aspires to be more than just "annonymous." (Alvarez 905) With every mark the young girl made in the dusty cabinets, she refused to be like like her mother. The young girl wants to leave an imprint on the world “Each morning I wrote my name on the dusty cabinet, then crossed the dining table in script, scrawled in capitals on the back of chairs, practicing
signatures like scales” (Alvarez 904). Although the mother would follow and erase the finger prints and name scribbles from the furniture and cabinets, the young girl persisted in doing so every morning just how the young girl wishes to persist in life. In the poem, the little girl wants to be remembered in contrast to how she believed her mother was. The little girl believes her mothers accomplishments were unseen and unrecognized as she refers to her mother as "anonymous". The author compares the young girl's goals to her mother's. No matter how many times her mother erased her fingerprints from the bookshelf and rocker, the next morning they would reappear. The author compares the girls dreams and aspirations to the scribbling of her name each and every morning across the furniture who later her mother has to dust off. The little girl believes in perseverance and persistence. The little girl aspires to be different from her mother. The little girl rather create than erase. The little girl rather write her name in the dusty furniture rather than have to clean it. Although the little girl does not criticize her mother's job, the little girl has bigger dreams and aspirations than doing house keeping.
ENC 1102 (869023)
Professor Sophia Funk
2 November 2015
Analysis to Dusting In "Dusting" written by Julia Alvarez, a little girl accompany her mother to work as housekeeping lady every morning. When the little girl sees her mother dusting and polishing furniture and mirrors around the home, the little girl realizes how she wants to be nothing like her mother, the little girl aspires to be more than just "annonymous." (Alvarez 905) With every mark the young girl made in the dusty cabinets, she refused to be like like her mother. The young girl wants to leave an imprint on the world “Each morning I wrote my name on the dusty cabinet, then crossed the dining table in script, scrawled in capitals on the back of chairs, practicing
signatures like scales” (Alvarez 904). Although the mother would follow and erase the finger prints and name scribbles from the furniture and cabinets, the young girl persisted in doing so every morning just how the young girl wishes to persist in life. In the poem, the little girl wants to be remembered in contrast to how she believed her mother was. The little girl believes her mothers accomplishments were unseen and unrecognized as she refers to her mother as "anonymous". The author compares the young girl's goals to her mother's. No matter how many times her mother erased her fingerprints from the bookshelf and rocker, the next morning they would reappear. The author compares the girls dreams and aspirations to the scribbling of her name each and every morning across the furniture who later her mother has to dust off. The little girl believes in perseverance and persistence. The little girl aspires to be different from her mother. The little girl rather create than erase. The little girl rather write her name in the dusty furniture rather than have to clean it. Although the little girl does not criticize her mother's job, the little girl has bigger dreams and aspirations than doing house keeping.