On The Subway Summary

In On the Subway, by Sharon Olds, the narrator describes two different people, one being himself and the other, an individual in the same train car.
The narrator describes herself as someone that resembles purity. Ideal and rich. She describes herself as wearing fur and being white, a color associated with peace and purity . She claims that she is living off of his existence, “eating the steak he does not eat,” which indicates a symbol of wealth or living in the lifestyle of the upper class.
The narrator describes the man on the other side of the train car with symbols of evil or cynical characteristics. She describes him with “the casual look of a mugger” and describes him with black sneakers and wearing red. The man seems to be average, which