Summary Of A Summer Life By Gary Soto

In “a summer life”, by Gary Soto he shifts from fraudulent excitement to shameful remorse by using biblical allusions, diction, and tone devices proving that immature memories hold more shame when reexamined after maturing. Throughout Soto`s piece he uses biblical references to describe the feeling of sinning. Within the first paragraph Soto tell us that as a young child he was “holy in almost every bone” recognizing his ebullient childhood. Continuing through the story he expressed that his desires came from “God howling in the plumbing” as he laid up under the house. By using biblical allusions, he is relating to people of holy nature and those that have strayed from religion that would understand the “falling from grace” and the “thirst” remaining. The biblical references shift from beginning to end. In the beginning Soto uses the references to show his guilty sin, treating it as a dirty secret that fuels his “boredom for sin.” Then near then end the references become dark in the recollection of his sin. Relating to Adam and Eve being cast out because of tasting the forbidden fruit and being unable to contain their want in comparison to himself being overcome by “sweet” and the

He manipulates the idea of riotous nobility and the active nagging of sinful desires. By using words such as “wavered…panicked…clawing…greedily…stifling… and lunatic”, he is conveying an incomparable situation. In a childish state Soto understands the barrier between what is virtuous and what is nefarious, however he continually states the “thirst for the rest of [his] life”, and that destruction of good versus evil. Relating to the aftermath of Soto`s sinful act he states the “scared…greedy…and guilt” he feels in result of his actions. He shows the reader his transition in to the realization of his actions by using specific wording to represent his internal struggle of his desires for