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The Cinnamon Peeler
Title: The Cinnamon Peeler
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 666 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Cinnamon Peeler
"I am the cinnamon peeler's wife. Smell me" (ll. 45-46). "The Cinnamon
Peeler", written by Michael Ondaatje, is a story of the relationship between a cinnamon
peeler and his wife. Ondaatje uses excessive imagery as to allow his readers to
visualize the interactions between this husband and wife. In the first few stanzas off the
poem, Ondaatje conveys to his audience the power that this said cinnamon smell can
hold. Towards the middle of the poem, …showed first 75 words of 666 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 666 total…Michael Ondaatje wanted to tell more then a story about a cinnamon peeler,
he wanted to tell a story of a loving relationship. He wanted to talk about the strength
of love, the nuisance of love, and the importance of love. Ondaatje wanted to show
that love is not always perfect. Love is a powerful, complex emotion fully able to take
on the scent of cinnamon. "I am the cinnamon peeler's wife. Smell me" (ll. 45-46).
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