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My Little Bit Of Country Analysis

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My Little Bit of Country Humans are like snowflakes; you’ll never find two alike. The intricacies of each individual being are astounding and makes for a world of dissimilarities between humans. However, there are different types of people, as for example there’s dog persons and cat persons, introverts and extroverts or even city-folk and country-folk. Life is filled with these kind of contrasts. In the essay My Little Bit of Country, by Susan Cheever takes of through the mind of a New Yorker who enjoys the city life far more than country life. In the story, which follows a chronological structure, Cheever recalls her life in New York from memories of her early days in Central Park to her adult life. Through said memories it becomes apparent …show more content…

“Years later, I raised my own children in Central Park, where the wonderful urban public spaces are more fabulous than even the most luxurious rural private spaces. Raised as city kids – I vowed to let them grow up in the city and never, ever transplant them to the country (…)” (P.3 L. 159). She makes use of the word ‘transplant’ to describe the transition from New York to the suburbs, which gives the reader insight in what Cheever must have felt like living in the suburbs since this particular word is associated with something being moved from one place to another while being somewhat misplaced. In the essay, My little Bit of Country, Susan Cheever touches upon the themes of forming an identity whilst feeling different from one’s family, mankind and nature and the aspect of life in the city compared to in the country. Throughout the essay Cheever seems to discover her identity by reminiscing about how her parents was and how she is compared to them, which eventually leads to her accepting that she is completely different from her

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