Seven-Year-Old Marie
Marie explicates, “At seven, I was a shy child, and comical-looking, with a round flat face and black slits for eyes, thick glasses, black bangs, a straight and serious mouth - a little girl cartoon.” Marie portrays herself as a comical girl based on the adjectives that she employs to elucidate her bodily form. She displays childhood naughtiness which is captivating and entertaining.
Marie’s Stroll with her Dad
Marie explicates, “We went down the stairs together. Shined black tips of his neat shoes and perfect fall of his trouser cuffs over the smooth laces. Alit in the tap of his step on the uncarpeted stair, the tap of our steps. Out through the vestibule onto the sidewalk again. We were in front of the Chehabs’ building when he dropped my hand and paused to light a cigarette, the smoke rising white from under the bowed brim of his hat. And then he threw his head back with the pleasure of that first exhalation of smoke. Made me look up as well to see the stars. A thin handsome man, forty years old.” Marie’s scrupulous particulars regarding the evolution of the stroll underlines her concentration on all their engagements, particularly the father’s bearings. The strolls are a seamless occasion for Marie and her father to bond.
