The essay “Food Stamp” was written by Anna Green, and published by Prescott College in the collection magazine: Alligator Juniper, in January 2006, and have received Pushcart Prize.
In this essay we hear about our narrator, Lucy, whom is the mother of the 9-year-old girl, Katrina. They live at Lucy’s alcoholic, larcenous father, who has no problem in stealing from her. They’re not the most affluent people, so Lucy and her daughter lives on food stamps worth of approximately 260$, a month. The food stamps are mostly what they feed of, since Lucy is unemployed, and only sees the frozen meals from Thriftees, as affordable.
Lucy accused her former friend, Nanette, of stealing 10$ worth of food stamps from her, which led to a “breakup” between them. This also means that their daughters, cant see each other anymore. The story concludes with Nanette and Lucy talking to each other again, after a smaller fight at the parking lot. This short story is a smaller introduction, of the ideals of the American Dream, in the lower rated social classes.
The American Dream is an ancient term, of values and ideals based on the concept of increasing in the social hierarchy, through diligence and hard work. It’s a rather misunderstood term in this short story, since the life of a person from the less wealthy social classes, is not to be increased that easily, which is one of the central themes in this short story.
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