Parallelism portrays a similiarity between an object or being.
the Air", the old lady and the author are characterized as having similiar characteristics of lonliness. The .
old lady is " always alone" like a grey heron, " grey birds without a flock".The women desired no .
communication for she was seldom seen in public, only to grab bills from the mail box and gather food .
that was left from the young delivery boy. The women was also unlisted in the phone book so as, no .
one could call her. Lonliness was enjoyed by this women and the author revelled in the gift of solitude .
as well. For the author loved to walk at night. With the night smells and the bright moon casting .
shadows she would say she was walking the dog, but instead enjoyed going to the " same place, sit on .
the same log, and look over at the big house, hoping that the figure would come out again". The Author .
would then see the old women "crooking her arms at the elbows" and with " her arched back" dance .
into the moonlight as if no one was watching. As one, the old lady and the author shared the same .
passion for lonliness. The author's daughter complained that the garden was more precious than her .
and the old lady had indeed lost her daughter as well. Although they were living in different worlds they .
shared the same fate of solitude. They both caressed the dark and revelled in time spent apart from .
others. .
The initial response that Stevens has about the offer is quite interesting, he dismisses the notion at first as, "...just another instance of an American gentleman's unfamiliarity with what was not commonly done in England."4. it is interesting because the reader gets to view the perceptions Stevens has about Americans. ... Stevens parrallels with that of Miss. ...
