A Fortune

Well at least according to his mother, the lady with a black gig, using most of her time crying, because she fears the narrator will initiate up and be like his father. Growing up in a trailer park, the family didnt have a lot of money. This is one of the reasons for his father teaching him displume pocketing in the age of five. This pick pocketing is still a part of his life, even after his mature man left town without departure a telephone circuit or a phone c either. The reason for him still pick pocketing lies in the hope he has, of his father someday returning One day fling off will show up again.Ill hand him the boxful of money, he will throw me some bills, and then Ill Just stow them way without numerate them. Thats what I think. (Line 31) Its not that he wishs the money. In fact he has a Job. further he Is abundanting for the recognition from his father. As he says himself, when rivalry why he didnt ever count the money his dad gave him l Just didnt want to whap how much Pop thought I was worth. (Line 13) When functional his Job, he earns enough money to take Sundays of. Its not to go to church, but to recharge his batteries.Not being religious is something he learned in his childhood. His uncle Barney used to grow around dressed like Santa, only to lose his e atomic number 18d and ask for at stiff drink. That taught him to be realistic, only to believe in what you can notice yourself. Though not having had the most neck full childhood, he still loves his mother l have to give her credit for trying to make me an fair(a) male child. (Line 1 5) He still visits her at the trailer park, reading the notes from fortune cookies aloud to her. When speaking of the fortune cookies, these play a big part In his life.He always saves them, after eating a low-price dinner at the Chinese restaurant. As he says I love those stupid fortune cookies. (Line 38) When using love and stupid in the same line, he contradicts himself. The fortune notes insi de the cookie are stupid, its such a small thing, and the fortune usually doesnt set about true. But he loves them, because when they tell him things like love and happiness will be yours in abundance its something he has never heard before, its something he hopes will come true.These fortune notes tell him everything he has longed hearing from his parents, the loving things they never told him. When seeing the little boy at the market, he reminds him of himself. The boy is about seven ears old, by-line his father, Just like the narrator at the age of five used to follow his father when they would go pick pocketing. When he sees the boy standing all alone In the street, he feels forced to take care of him l dont know what compelled me, but my feet Just sort of walked over to him before I told them to. Kid, you baffled? Do you want to come with me? I heard myself peach and I swear I sounded Like a stinking Clapper. Eve never Ana a problem wilt stealing wallets, D stealing lost kids is out of my territory. Its Just that, it must be nice, you know, to be mound (Line 75) He feels a tie to the boy, which express itself in the last line. When saying it must be nice to be found, the narrator is no longer talking about the boy. He is talking about himself, and how he is longing to be found by his father. To be found, and being told that he is loved.When taking the boy to his house, the similarity between the two gets stronger. At first the narrator doesnt quite know what to do with the boy. But because of his loneliness, its nice to have some company. He chooses to show his collection of fortune notes to the boy, and the two of them are paving a blast. The narrator never cries. But this boy touches something in him. When looking at his lop-sided smile, he gets all emotional. He has already given the boy a fortune note saying time is of the essence, use it wisely, when choosing to give all his fortune notes to the boy.Why? Heres why mean it, kid. I want you to h ave my fortunes. You know why? You deserve it, kid, you earned it. Here it says, Long life will be yours. I want you to have that one especially, because you deserve a long life (Line 116) The narrator puts on the role of fatherhood, making sure that this id, opposite to himself, knows what he is worth and that he is deserves to have a good, long life. He is tattle the boy the things that the father is supposed to tell him.By telling the boy what he is worth, he states the fact, that the boy is a fortune in himself hence the title. His father is a lucky man, and he doesnt appreciate it. If he did, he wouldnt have yelled harshly at the kid when they were at the market. The text is build up as a flashback at first. The narrator is looking back at when he first saw the boy, then going on telling about his old childhood. When hes done telling about myself, he returns to the story Like I said, it was a Sunday when I saw this man and his son (Line 34) It goes on chronologically from h ere on, and the story ends sudden when the narrator has dropped the boy of at his house. The narrator is a 1. Person narrator, not knowing how other people know or think. By this kind of narrator, we focus on the narrator himself, although the main event of the story is the little boy. As fortunes being the main theme of the text, theres no talk about fortunes as a materialistic thing, but the fact that everyone is a fortune in themselves.But people arent told, and it hurts the most when not hearing it from ones parents That guy didnt need his credit cards or cash or oilskin wallet. He didnt know what a fortune he had 159) Before meeting the boy, the narrator got a fortune cookie that said A change in your daily routine will lead you to treasure. When telling the boy what he is worth, he directly feels better with himself. The message of the text comes as a result of this Its important to tell people what theyre worth, no matter if they are rich or poor, leaving them happy and lea ving you as feeling like a good person.