Class Year
2013
Document Type
Creative Writing
Date of Creation
Spring 2013
Department 1
English
Abstract
Red Rose follows the narrator’s innermost thoughts and feelings of abruptly being immersed into a culture very different from her own. While hiking with her brother, a second year environmental Peace Corps volunteer, to visit the home and garden of a Nicaraguan native, she reflects on the changes she sees in her brother and her inability to communicate in a foreign country. She struggles to overcome her feelings of linguistic isolation while still being fascinated by the culture around her. The piece ends on a lovely image of universal understanding.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Purifoy, Sara Lauren, "Red Rose" (2013). Student Publications. 93.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/93