Nickel Poem

Just by reading the title, I would have of never thought that the story would be what it turned out to be. I would think at first it would involve some sort of worker or child in South America that works by handling Oranges in some sort of way. In my own words and thought, I would summarize the poem about a boy nervous about his first time with a girl. So they walk to a drugstore so he can’t treat her with something from there. The boy is very poor so he knows that the nickel may not be enough. So when she took a piece of chocolate that was more than a nickel. He gave the saleslady a nickel and an orange. While this was happening he preceded to look outside and notice all the small and grim details about December, he then eats the second orange
Here are a few examples. First, when the aisles of goods and candles are tiered like bleachers which is a simile. Another example would be when cars are described as hissing past, which is a form of personification. And my last example would be when the fog is described hanging like old coats in between trees which is a simile and imagery. Gary Soto, the author, had a few experiences that I believe helped influence much of his work. To start, he is an American author and poet, with parents that are Mexican-American. As a boy he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. His father died when he was just five years old, so his family had struggled to find work. Because of this, he had little encouragement for his studies and school. Between his father dying and having to work very hard in his youth, he didn’t find much of anything that interested him in high school until he found interest in poetry through writers like Jules Verne and John Steinbeck. Those conditions really helped set forth his life as an author and