The Pie by Gary Soto is an excerpt about guilt and gluttony. It starts with the author himself, at a much younger age, in a German store. The conflict he faces while standing in the store is whether his pious, goody-two-shoes-self with sin and steal the pie. He feels the guilt build up in his under arms but his sweet tooth demands to be satisfied. Soon he chooses to steal, but the problem now is which pie to choose.
He had a huge fascination with pies of all kinds as said in this quote, "I gazed at the nine kinds of pie, pecan and apple being my favorites, although cherry looked good, and my dear, fat-faced chocolate was always a good bet." Soon enough he grabs and hides the all favorite apple pie and walks off out the store. He hurries home as a cloud of guilt follows slowly behind. He soon reaches his home and sits on his front lawn. Gluttony overtakes him as he takes his cleanest slowly placed pieces on his tongue, satisfying himself for the moment. Suddenly feeling guilty for not sharing once the presence of his neighborhood friend was behind his shoulder. When he asks if he can have some, upsettingly he said no. Once his friend trudged across the street, he finished the pie. Guilt shrouded his being as he thought of his sin. And soon ran into his house like angel fleeing bad deeds. Soon enough he comes back out and contemplates his sin once more. Realizing, sin was what you took and never gave back. |