"Thank you, little girl, merry christmas to you too."
"I'm not little, I'm a big girl, eight years old."
Then her parents spoke, "Come on, honey, we have to go."
"Bye, mister."
"Bye-bye, big girl."
She ran to her mother. They're holding hands now. Walking away, she turned her head, looking at me and smiling. I waved back and the smile widened, revealing two front teeth missing. I had to turn my head away. I didn't want her to see my tears.
ch.1, 9 Lost souls, Cadillac Man
Some background info on what's going on in the context is that the scene takes place at a church front steps and Cadillac Man, a homeless man of 6 months, was sitting to watch the tourist come by.
This quote really stood out to me because it did a very good job of showing that homeless people are and always will be human beings and that they also have feelings, emotions. This was a great moment in the book because its the first time it shows that Cadillac man has some sense of care for the past and he has some burdens hiding behind his heart and is just being buried beneath all of the effort to just survive the day, theres no time to spare to be all emotional kinda type of thing
This is written pretty well, an author who had no literary background, a street person being able to write this is amazing.
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