'let it snow'

'Let it Snow' is based in North Carolina in winter. David(the narrator) is currently a fifth grade boy and describes a time in that season that he and his sisters were locked out of there home by their mother during a snow day. It goes on the explain his mother's drinking and his fathers probable indifference to their predicament.

David comes up with a plan to gets an adults attention(mainly his parents) and tells his sister to go lay down in the road. The first car that comes by happens to be a neighbor. They tell him their dilemma and their solution. He "told on them" by going to talk to their mother, whom they noticed had come outside without pants or shoes on. She explains when they ask, that she was wearing loafers just a second ago and one had been lost in the snow. As they return inside, the children use one of their scarves and hats to make a shoe for her; encircling her as they walked.

1. The snowstorm gives a scene for this reflection from a child's view. A snow day would be a strong memory for a child.

2. David wrote an entire paragraph describing the affection-starved youngest sister(the one in the road) showing that he now sees that using her was a mistake and an abuse of his elder-sibling authority.

3. Without the humor of the essay, the passage would have only reflected the memory of neglected children from their standpoint. the humor reminds the reader that the solution was thought up by a child.

4. The tone of this essay is crucial to understanding the writers current feelings about the memory. His tone gives the impression that he has accepted the errors he and his parents made in the reflection. and the description of the around their mother, "encircling her tightly as they walked" says that they have already accepted their mother's problems and will provide for her anyway.