Let It Snow By David Sedaris Analysis

Let It Snow
From the first couple sentences of David Sedaris’ short story you may think that this story is going to be about how North Carolina never had any snow on the ground. Until one winter when North Carolina had a tremendous amount of snowfall and the author had never been happier. “School was canceled, and two days later we got lucky again.” (Sedaris 89)
After the first couple sentences, you realize this story is about so much more. You realize that David Sedaris’ main concern is the relationship between him, his mother, and his sisters who are the same situation that he is during this time in his life. David mainly focuses on the event when he and his sisters are home from school. David starts off by stating “Our presence had disrupted the secret life she led while we were at school, and when she could no longer take it, she threw us out.”
Just a bit later the kids see their mother walking towards them while walking around the crest of the hill. The kids assumed that their neighbor told their mother what was going on with her children. The description of the mother is an interesting one, it gives her children, and the audience a totally different attitude towards the mother. David said “She did not own a pair of pants, and her legs were buried to the calves in snow. We wanted to send her home, to kick her out of nature just as she had kicked us out of the house, but it was hard to stay angry at someone that pitiful-looking.” (Sedaris 90) This then lets the readers feel sympathy for the mother, and gives the readers the impression that maybe the mother is just going through a rough patch in life and is stressed out having to take her of her children all the time. Someone can also imply that the reason she has been drinking is so that she can relieve the stress that has come upon