Both short stories are written in a first person perspective. It makes the stories feel believable, but also puts readers in the narrators shoes. It helps picture the situation better.
The Woman Who Makes Swell Doughnuts
The author is appreciating the mundane in his life. He is grateful for his community and the people that acted as a family. He paints a vision of "home." The woman is like a second mother, and can be why she is nicknamed "Mama" by those who know her. She puts love into everything that she does.
-Quote: "I say to them, play, play hard, go out there and play hard. You will be glad later for everything you have done with all your night." I think this is a great example of what kind of person she is. Mama tells life messages in subtle ways. She tells her grandkids to put 100% into everything they do, that way they can always be proud that they put their efforts in, a great moral, formed by the experiences in her life. With all that she's done and accomplished, she is a happy and appreciated woman, and she wishes the same for those around her.
Mama welcomes strangers and finds peace and love in her everyday life surrounded by those she cares for. Her home is almost a safe haven.
The Eggs of the World
This story confused me a little bit. Just like the author says, its actually hard to decipher whether Matoi was drunk or sober. Either he can be babbling, or he can be genius. If he isn't babbling, he's trying to say something about people..... a metaphor...I'm not entirely sure what he truly means, but perhaps he is trying to say that people aren't fully aware of their surroundings, that they are in their shells, and that for him, drinking is what opens his mind to the world. Obviously Mr. Matoi is far past the intelligence of his peers, but its intriguing none-the less.
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