Guilt is being responsible for some act that you have done which is bad or considered lower than your own moral standards. Gary Soto revives his childhood sin of stealing a pie from the local market by using literary devices such as imagery, diction, and religious contrasting. He parallels his holy upbringing with his heinous sin and uses imagery to bring his guilt to life.
Soto's use of diction and imagery assists him to arouse the reader's sense of guilt, which is an emotion most people possess. Soto identifies the character’s awareness of guilt with unsteadiness where the “sun wavered between branches of yellowish sycamore”. The sun, which is normally a constant throughout the day, has become unreliable because of the sun’s failure to give him unfaltering light. The naïve grocer whom Soto steals from has a “window of light” on his forehead that depicts his innocence. The presence of light depicts goodness where as in absence of light, there is a darkness......

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Title: Gary's Soto's The Pie
Approximate Word Count: 565
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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