当她离开商店时,胆量,收据塞进了她的钱包,折叠了两次,珍妮特想到了她没有送回去的所有鸡肉菜,即使他们是一半 - 拉瓦,还是不是她订购的。基辅鸡肉,而不是鸡肉玛萨拉鸡肉,用蘑菇鸡而不是鸡肉国王:她的尸体是由错误的鸡组成的。
(When she left the store, emboldened, receipt tucked into her purse, folded twice, Janet thought of all the chicken dishes she had not sent back even though they were either half-raw or not what she had ordered. Chicken Kiev instead of chicken Marsala, chicken with mushrooms instead of chicken a la king: her body was made up of the wrong chickens.)
珍妮特(Janet)离开商店有能力后,反思了她过去的用餐经历,她在没有抱怨的情况下接受了Subpar鸡肉菜肴。尽管收到的饭菜不正确或不按要求烹饪,但在那一刻,她仍然被动。现在,有了一种新发现的信心,她与许多默默地忍受了如此失望的次数之间有着密切的联系。
她的身体的隐喻是“由错误的鸡组成”,突显了她过去的选择如何促成她当前的自我。每一次不令人满意的就餐经历都象征着她所做的妥协,这暗示了她一生中更深入的斗争。这种意识到,珍妮特(Janet)朝着勇敢的心态发展,促使她掌握了自己的选择前进的所有权。