Addie's bag initially struck me as a comfortable, utilitarian bag. It is large enough to be a bookbag, yet retains the look and shape of a purse. The blue, cream and green flower design is elegant. It reminded me of a purse that I had bought a friend a couple years ago.
She bought the bag last January at the Alley Cat store on High Street, beside Cold Stone. She considered a black bag instead of blue, but decided the black one would be too similar to a black and green Vera Bradley bag she already owned for over a year. Addie noted that Vera Bradley bags were the only items in the Alley Cat store that weren't meant for old women -- they specialize in more conservative items such as crafts. The bag was the first thing she had ever bought with a credit card.
Addie bought the bag instead of a traditional backpack because it was a more common style for college students. Even though she bought the bag to carry her books, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she now uses it everyday, carrying her books to class, as well as using it for carrying her laptop. She also takes it to work. Even in the summer, she uses the bag everyday. She has also used it as a carry-on bag on a plane, as well as using it on weekend trips. My initial assumption that the bag was comfortable was correct -- she loves the bag's fabric. The design reminds her of her friend Molly, from Maryland. Addie jokes that the bag has a high class, snobby look to it, much like Molly's decor in Maryland.
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Really nice work here, Whit. You move nicely from your description and initial impressions to Addie's own experiences and thoughts. You do a particularly nice job of explaining how the bag has become an everyday/everywhere item for Addie as you cite the many different places she's taken. One sentence does stick out for me, though--the one about the credit card. Is that particular part of Addie's artifact-purchasing experience something that she often remembers, or is it something that she only remembered through the process of getting interviewed by you? Is there any more significance to pull out of that particular (indeed, initial) experience with this bag?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a really great representation, Whit. It's very accurate.
ReplyDeletewhen Scott asked: "Is that particular part of Addie's artifact-purchasing experience something that she often remembers, or is it something that she only remembered through the process of getting interviewed by you? Is there any more significance to pull out of that particular (indeed, initial) experience with this bag?"
I honestly forgot about it until you had interviewed me. I think that it's a weird phenomenon that it was only brought to the surface once you were poking me about that subject.
Great job, Whit! :)