Summary Of The Story 'TSA And Cinnamon Buns'

In the story “TSA and Cinnamon Buns” by Ruhani Chhabra, the author’s writing shows how insecurity and shameful humiliation about one’s religion can change how one acts. The author uses the perspective of her 12-year-old self through the lens of her current 16-year-old perspective. She uses this to set the mindset she had at that age, how she interprets it at her current age, and how outward influences had an effect so we can better understand why she acted the way she did. She describes her younger self’s experience in a way that shows her mindset by saying, “I was severely insecure and surrounded by schoolyard ignorance (So... why does your dad wear that rag), which morphed into my buried shame.” This explains where her mindset and shame can