Analysis of “Thanks Giving in Mongolia” by Ariel Levy
The writer opens up the short story by reminiscing over the other trips and journeys she had made in other parts of the world. The bliss of the adventures while she wrote notes and the details of the journeys were her central points. She comes out as one who loves to celebrate and appreciate any little thing she had. She then goes on to focus on the main point of the story which was her trip in Mongolia during thanks giving. It started well, good arrival and reception, happy commencement of her coverage of the story on mining and the economy of Mongolia. However, things changes and she started developing discomforts. These discomforts from her pregnant condition ended up occasioning her miscarriage of the baby. She did not want to believe that the fetus would not survive and held onto the fetus, unfortunately at nineteen weeks the fetus could not survive. Their stay together was short but she enjoyed it and was memorable to the present time that she was writing the experience, it came out as the happiest and saddest moment she ever had in Mongolia.
There are various issues and opinions that the author wanted to put across. She never recounted the expensive luxurious places she has ever visited in developed nations, but just the various trips and safaris to the remote poverty stricken parts of third world nations. In such she felt satisfied and enriched enough by just...
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