A Commonplace Blog

"I have not forgotten how much I owe the driver. Thanks to him, I am not a virgin anymore. It's bad enough not knowing the new alphabet and not being registered at the municipal offices, all I needed was to come to Oat a virgin."

I thought this quote was extremely strange. It amazed me that she was grateful to the truck driver for basically stealing her virginity. She considered it a relief, a favor. The way the sentences are so practical and unemotional left a lot open to fill with your own thoughts. It made me wonder how being raised with a single person in the falls may have effected this or if it was just the way that she was. I wish that I had more insight into her feelings yet I liked how quickly the actions moved along without the necessity of a bunch of fluffy emotional detail.