'Laughing man\r'

'â€Å"Growing up happens in a heartb take. One day youre in diapers, the next youre at rest(p). But the memories of childhood stay with you for the massive haul ” . †from The Wonder Years In early(a) words this quote means that in a blink of an eye you get up besides you will never forget the moments in while that define your life. In the short falsehood The express mirth Man, by J. D. Salinger, the teller is reminiscing about his childhood and the figment his chief told him. Also in the poem Mandarine Oranges, by Katha Pollitt, he character remembers a beat in her childhood.In some(prenominal) stories the narrator goes back to a time in there ult that they wont forget. in the express mirth art object, the narrator goes back toa place in his recent where he grew up listening to a tosh from his chief about a child who was kidnapped and moody into a hideous creature. this creature is called the express joy man and if you look at his face you would faint and and so die. the mans face had flesh-sealed nostrils and an enormous oral cavity for a mouth. as the story went on it ended with the laughing an dying and the story was never revisited again. hen the story was over billy walsh the youngest Comanche bursted into tears and the narrators knees were shaking. when he got stumble the bus he saw a red ink piece of meander paper which reminded him of the man and this skint him down. he and then went home and as told to go straight to bed. this story was one of the biggest parts of his childhood. in the poem Mandarine Oranges by Katha Pollitt, the narrator sees a figure of her childhood while grocery shop. while shopping the woman sees a can of andarine oranges and it takes her back to her geezerhood in high school.He states that she remembers how bored she was and how miserable she was. she says that the mandarine oranges were the schools stock of bribery to make her play volleyball and eat lima beans. also she states that she w anted the oranges more then anything ever before because they held the essence of her youth. in both stories the narrators see a symbol that remind them of their past and how fast it has gone. the symbol in the Mandarine Oranges was the can of oranges and in The Laughing Man it was the strip of red tissue paper. he laughing man narrator remembers how massive his youth was growing up while the mandarine oranges narrator remembers how horrible hers was and how one thing made it O. K.. in conclusion the two story connect in one way; they both talk about how childhood goes by fast. so cherish the moments you prepare even if they are bad ones because as you grow up you will realize that your youth has gone by way too fast and the memories you ease up will be with you forever. laughing man By cschaef\r\n'