Analysis of Yellow Trains by Penelope Lively
... when you are in love with somebody. Not every relationship ends well and happy, one must learn to get over it. The girl in “Yellow Trains” is not getting anywhere. She cannot forget how her feels excited and with her hopes high over the date. She misses this kind of feeling and hopes she can return to that moment. “Yellow Training” is written from the first point of view. The girl’s feelings touches me. It makes me have the same feelings as the girl’s. I feel for her and it is like I am in her shoes. What has happened to her seems to have happened on me. I am not only a reader but I am emotionally involved in this piece of writing. The setting of the writing is in the yellow train and the girls are sitting on the blue seats. The yellow train is a very common transport. One takes it to school, work and home. No one really pays attention to their surroundings because they are so used to it. They become numb and emotionless. The purpose of the setting is to remind the audience that the heartbroken thing can happen to anyone and anytime. It is nothing new or extraordinary. It could happen to the passenger sitting by next to you. This setting is very thoughtful and it has showed that the writer is very aware of her surroundings. The language is very moving. The words have described the girl’s feelings and the her surroundings in a very detailed and delicate fashion. When I was reading it, it really made me feel that I am sitting on those blue seats appreciating the breath taking scenery and having my hopes high. And the disappointment in the girl’s voice and her lack of attention to everything with her friend next to her has penetrated in my mind. It is like I could feel it too. The use of words are colourful and expressive: “I rode in a train with blue seats, bright bright blue, and there was this factory chimney smoking white against the sky and the sky was grey like velvet.” “One day you’re with the yellow trains like daffodils and the next you’re sitting here with a knot in your insides.” The colours and the emotions are expressed well. One can feel her the change of her emotions between lines in this pie...