Slewed Speech

This blog post is in response to the 10th prompt listed on the paper.



After reading chapter two, I felt as if a part of my heart was sewn into the pages, not only from personal experience but also with all of the exposure to situations from books, media, etc. The way that the narrator, Frank, tells the story about his mother getting in modern times what we call food-stamps, and every way he explains it seems like a trail of subconscious thoughts and views. For example Angela is going food shopping and Frank is witnessing it almost as if he were slewing words and phrases together like a child would because there attention span is too small to follow a conversation they aren't interested in.

" Well, now, Im not a millionaire, but here...
God Bless you, Mrs. McGrath, and I know it's asking a lot but could you possible lend me a couple of cigarettes?
Well, now, they're not on the docket. Im not here to supply luxuries," page 67

This conversation reminds me of a book I read going into 11th grade for english; Blink, written by Malcolm Gladwell, describes how the subconscious mind works and how the brain functions in our daily lives. Frank completely disregards what they're saying and simply slums the conversation together because of his lack of attentiveness.