Week 11 Filling Station

In chapter Sight and Insight reflects the perspective with the real world. Elizabeth Bishop, the author of Filling Station, takes a look at the Gas Station to appreciate the beauty of the world. The writer describes with adjectives all dirty things of the gas station such as: "Father wears a dirty, greasy sons, grease-impregnated wickerwork, wicker sofa, dirty dog". Presenting all these images, Elizabeth gives an ugly picture of the gas station; however, everything changes when she mentions, "doily". The author talks about a father and the son, but does not mention mother. She is referring to something divine. She is comparing the Gas station with Earth (our world). There is some divine presence in the world. In our world and everything we do there is always beauty. No matter how something may look, it is the beauty of a simple flower that makes the world unique and beautiful.