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A 3 page essay that analyzes the short story “Tattooizm” by Kevin Moffett, which is a psychological portrait of a young girl, Andrea, nineteen years old and involved with Dixon, who is five years older and a budding tattoo artist. The story offers a detailed, introspective view of their relationship that shows how transitory and shallow intimate relationships can be for an adolescent, who is still developing her sense of identity. Moffett shows this in various ways, such as contrasting Andrea’s and Dixon’s view of their relationship, showing how Andrea relates to her younger brother Cory, and through Andrea’s imaginings about her immediate future, which is to attend junior college, beginning in the fall. No additional sources cited and the bibliography is incomplete.
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budding tattoo artist. The story offers a detailed, introspective view of their relationship that shows how transitory and shallow intimate relationships can be for an adolescent, who is still developing
her sense of identity. Moffett shows this in various ways, such as contrasting Andreas and Dixons view of their relationship, showing how Andrea relates to her younger brother Cory, and
through Andreas imaginings about her immediate future, which is to attend junior college, beginning in the fall. Moffett shows from the storys onset that the two main characters are
at different stages in their lives. The reader meet Dixon and Andrea as they are driving to look at a building that Dixon is considering in his plans to open
a tattoo parlor. Dixon has been practicing the art of tattooing on his own thighs. He wants to give her a tattoo, but she resists this suggestion. A tattoo
seems to Andrea to signify permanence and she is already fantasizing about how she will describe Dixon to her next boyfriend. Dixon is excited about the future he is mapping
out, which is one in which is can use his artistic talent. He imagines living above his tattoo parlor, which Andrea imagines as the equivalent of living in an "attic
and having food passed to her through a slot" (Moffett 146). When Dixon mentions his plan, she resists the impulse to yell and tell him "You arent my future" (Moffett
146). As Andrea takes care of her young brother, Moffett reveals more of her character, and therefore, her stage of development, by letting the reader know that "Andrea misses
childhood" (Moffett 147). Andrew muses about how childhood "ended the morning she bled form her vagina" (Moffett 147). As this indicates, Andreas story can be viewed as a comment on
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