Implied Theme: “Tuesday Siesta” is a story that shows us a theme rather than stating it explicitly.

Implied Theme: “Tuesday Siesta” is a story that shows us a theme rather than stating it explicitly.

Implied Theme: “Tuesday Siesta” is a story that shows us a theme rather than stating it explicitly.
One of the themes implied is the tension between poverty and dignity. Find passages in the text where this theme is developed and interpret them. Your response should be one paragraph.

Identify at least three passages where the story gives us details about the characters’ poverty and
three passages where the story shows the characters behaving with dignity. For each passage,
write one sentence of interpretation: What facts does it present, and what do they mean? Then,
conclude your Apply by discussing what the moral of the story is with respect to poverty
and dignity. Your Apply should be no more than 200 words, not including the passages
from the story.

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Tension between poverty and dignity theme passages,

1. They
were
the
only passengers
in
the
lone
thirdclass

Since
the
smoke
of
the
locomotive
kept
coming
through
the
window,
the
girl
left
her
seat
and
put
down
the
only
things
they
had
with
them:
a
plastic
sack
with
some
things
to
eat
and
a
bouquet
of
flowers
wrapped
in
newspaper. She
sat
on
the
opposite
seat, away
from
the window, facing
her
mother.
They
were
both
in
severe
and
poor
mourning
clothes.
2. The
girl
was
twelve
years
old, 
and
it
was
the
first
time
she’d
ever
been
on
a

The
woman
seemed
too
old
to
be
her
mother,
because
of
the
blue
veins
on
her
eyelids
and
her
small,
soft,
and
shapeless
body,
in
a
dress
cut
like
a
cassock.
She
was
riding
with
her
spinal
column
braced
firmly
against
the
back
of
the
seat,
and
held
a
peeling
patent‐leather
handbag
in
her
lap
with
both
hands.
She
bore
the
conscientious
serenity
of
someone
accustomed to
poverty.

These two passages highlight the theme of poverty and dignity within the story. The woman and the girl were very poor, but they managed to buy fresh flowers and travel with a train to visit the grave of the man who was killed….

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