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In the short story, "The Train From Rhodesia", there are many different ideas and symbols hidden to get the reader's interpretation of the story, as well as to get a wide variety of interpretations so the story appeals to more people. This way the people who read the story, can get more out of it by forming their own opinions of the reading that is not clearly stated. Therefore, the readers get to draw their own conclusion from the story, and discover why the author wrote it the way he or she did, and what the author means by the way they wrote it. The train that comes into Rhodesia, doesn't come very often, but when it comes to this poor, little, old, run-down village, it is like a gathering place for mixed goods, feelings, and messages from the train people, and the poor people, as well as a husband and wife. The train is calling out, I am coming...I am coming... This way it gives the village people and all the other people, time to gather around and get their little shops ready, because they know the train with all the customers and tourists is coming. This is just like in real life, when a train, or plane, or bus, gets into a city or town, the people just seem to flock around where all the tourists ar
"The old man held the lion up to her still smiling, not from the heart, but at the customer." (308) This shows that these people who sell the items for the tourists don't always care about the people they are selling to. They only care about getting their product sold, and making their money. These people tend to be heartless most of the times, because they figure that they will probably never see any of the tourists ever again. This is the way it normally goes in real life too. Someone who buys an item, like the carved lion, can't return it because these items are usually nonrefundable. This story shows that people need to realize the messages and feelings that are past on by tourists and the natives, because the natives might always seem nice and trustworthy, but how can they really be trusted when a person doesn't know them for more than just their vacation time. This story shows us how important it is to talk to your spouse, otherwise people just aren't as happy when they don't understand each other and the only way to understand is to talk. This story also shows that people need to be smart with their money too, because the lion was nothing to the two of them after the train started again. It was a big waste of money and that is why people run into problems with money because they don't use it wisely. One of the crafts is a lion that is carved out of wood. The lion has many different symbols and meanings with its appearance. It has a black tongue that seems to make it different. It is almost like an omen, just
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Approximate Word count = 1039
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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