Summary Of Thomas Beller's Ashen Guy
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There are certain days in history that are memorial to people everywhere. Thomas Beller explains the way he remembers September 11th every time he is reminded of this tragedy. In Beller’s fiction work “Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001” he uses details and imagery to explain his story.
Beller opens up his story with a tone of confusion and cluster. People are walking around the city moving in the same direction and the bells of Grace Church are pealing. He then goes into detail explaining specific part of his unpleasant day. Beller lets you get the picture in your head of how many people were at the World Trade Center that day: “There were about 230 people on the eighty-first floor and I was one of the last ones out” (61). He starts