Loose change is a short story by Andrea Levy and is published in 2005. Through the narrator’s thoughts we hear about a Londoner, who has a hard time figuring out if she wants to help Laylor. One of the main themes in the story is charity, which is shown through the narrator’s thoughts and actions toward Laylor. Another theme is to have prejudices against a foreigner.
The narrator characterizes herself as “a Londoner”. She makes it clear that she doesn’t talk to strangers, unless it’s absolutely necessary. She also indicates that she knows she is unapproachable for other people, because she says: “aloof sweats from my pores”. She says this sentence like it’s a common thing to be unapproachable, and she also sounds proud of it. When she finds herself in a problem, she contradicts her normal behaviour, when she in the lavatory asks if anyone has got some change. Most of the women seem to leave at the same time, except from one. The young girl empties her pockets and takes out a handful of money. Even though the narrator now can get her changes, then she is not happy and criticizes that the young girl has too much change, “I didn’t want a bag full of the stuff myself “. Even though there only is this one woman willing to help her, the narrator still has demands e.g. she wants to give the woman her changes back. It seems that the narrator thinks highly about herself and that she won’t owe anything to anybody.
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