Ruth May's Death Analysis

Adah said that she is very fond of Emily Dickinson. This is because Emily’s poem often explained Adah different view point from others. For example Adah opens her narrative about Ruth May’s death by quoting “BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH—He kindly stopped for me” (365). This opening line in particular conveys the shocking and unexpected stop of Ruth May's life. This is because Ruth May embraces the culture and people in the Congo. She made friends and learned how to speak their language before any of her family member. Ruth May was fun, passionate, and fascinated about life. She’s the last person who would want to stop for death, but death kindly stop for her. The death did actually kindly stopped for her because like Adah said, “A bite