Death took me by the hand and took me to the underground. Did it not know that I still had life to live and more to explore? It was the second chaotic, unpleasing home it placed me on. Never did death feel a little sorry for me. Dealing with the uncertainties of the underground system isn’t easy. Bearing in mind that hell is not so far underground, since being able to monitor and get to know each and everything and moves on the above ground.
You really should not grieve for me, mother. Instead, I should be the one in grief. The world of the dead or the underground is just as chaotic as the world of the living. We are not in any way different mothers. Whenever a fresh grave is being dug, I get to hear the [chime of the shovel], meaning that I am not far away from you who’s above the ground.
The society we are in, both above the ground and underground, is full of trouble, Unanswered questions, unfulfilled dreams, a disappointing world, and useless news. The told stories about people living with your mother above the ground are not satisfactory. The society above the ground is full of trouble. Hence, we try to seek the help of other natures living with me underground, but they too are disappointing and unsatisfactory. Mother, you would think that the dead are bright, but alas, they are just as [dull as you would imagine].
Thanks to the unfair nature, they come back as silly after their tour to the above-ground as they thought I was with nothing to recall about you people above the ground. They do not attend to my stories and think that you plus the people living above the ground are children who only give fake and wrong details. The ones underground ask little and silly questions about you people above the ground and don’t heed the answers I give to them.
The fictional narrative is a simple narration of how a girl, literally who may be called Persephone, views the new world. The underground world is just chaotic with much useless news (Stallings 1). Persephone writes to her mother, who is in the world of living above the ground. She is grieving, yet she is the one who should be grieved.
She narrates her grievances to her mother, who is above the ground. The silly questions she gets from her fellow dead souls underground about those she left above the ground. Whenever they tour the above world at night, they come back with unanswered questions and useless news, yet they expect Persephone to give them satisfactory news about those above the ground (Stallings 1). Thus, generally, Persephone pursues both grounds that are above the ground where her mother is and underground where she is as disappointing.
The literal elements in this fictional narrative e include characters inhabiting this story: Persephone, her mother, those above the ground, and the dead underground. Plot – the events in the story include grieving, the night tours by the spirits underground, and the tours by Persephone to find out answers about those above the ground the silly questioning from the spirits underground with Persephone (Stallings 1). The story’s setting is underground, where Persephone is together with her fellow dead beings and above the ground where her mother and the other living beings are.
Theme-the theme of the story is all about the life of a human being above the ground and underground. Several Literary devices have been used in the above narrative: Hyperbole – Hell is exaggerated that it is not very far underground. Yet, those people above the ground cannot see hell. A simile is illustrated whereby the other dead spirits come back as silly as they thought I (Persephone) were (Stallings 1). Metaphor – the spirits think people living above the ground are children. Paradox – people living above the ground are said to be living an equal life with those underground.
Works Cited
Sandefur, Timothy. “Modern Meets Ancient in A. E. Stallings.” The Objective Standard, 2019, Web.
Stallings, Alicia. E. “Persephone Writes a Letter to Her Mother.” Poetry Foundation, vol. 169, no. 4, 1997, pp. 269-27.