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"""Pickles and Tarts"" is a metaphor for men and women. ""Tarts"" are defined as ""a dish baked in a pastry shell"" (Merriam-Webster), but it can also be ""a promiscuous woman: a woman who has many sexual partners, a prostitute,"" which is something the young woman, who picked an older man on a dating site, says in the story."

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"""Your thought process fascinates me..."" Bunny Moazed ""Can this define one's personality? This line is intriguing?"" Madhusmita Bhuyan Regarding Chapter 1: ""I like the illustrative photo of the story that introduces the work field of your characters (food business). Somehow, this picture anticipates the feelings and thoughts you describe from Frank's perspective. Some are beautiful and pleasant, like the tart ('He was relaxed and comfortable, ' 'how beautiful she was in her white outfit'). Still, others taste as sour as the pickle ('the idealism would be eroded, ' 'sacrificing also spoke of having to pick a line of work that you didn't particularly like'). ""In your story, you are critical of the Capitalist system that makes you work long hours, where many people are not even able to afford decent housing but places 'like an oversized chicken coop with a shower as small as the standing area in an airplane restroom.' I like the visual effect these lines have on the reader's mind. I see the fourth-paragraph division of the story as follows: 1st paragraph: introduction to characters Frank, Nicole, and the other women through their work environment and how Frank perceives everything around him with his memories connected to the present time and his reflections. 2nd paragraph: Frank's extended reflection upon his and the other characters' lives and his dream of wanting to travel far. 3d paragraph: Frank contemplating and experiencing nature around him. The yellow tree leaves he catches could be associated with Frank's age as he is no longer a teenager. 4th paragraph: Nicole's description as a young woman with 'a smile that indicated terror and derision.' This is an impacting and intriguing closure because it makes the reader want to know more about the causes of such a smile and how this might have affected/might affect the past, present, and future of the characters in your story,"" Marta Pombo. ""We are surprised and intrigued. What happened with the young girl? Is she going to continue working in the bakery, or perhaps is she going to die? We all know that life is hard and more difficult to survive earning our meals. Dreams are necessary, but sometimes they crush onto a wall. It happens. It is a hard experience if you are young. It is sad if you are an old one. Curiously, the theory of Franks' architecture teacher wasn't used before that. It would have made us wiser. We expect chapter 2 nervously, impatiently, fearful, etc...."" Wladi and Montse. ""REALLY well written. Keeps me wanting more,"" Kat. ""You have a great written voice and interested in what happens next,"" Susan Mehr. ""Everything was three in this story, 'Boutique restaurants, a bakery, and Peet's coffee.' ""The three women, his ex, this woman in the back of the bakery, and Nicole and how Frank 'never traveled anywhere beyond the three cities: Oakland, San Francisco, and Walnut Creek.' ""The words you've used to describe the appearance of each lady are pretty overwhelming. ""I like how you set up the beginning of the story at the place where the 'weather was cooling, ' how you described Frank's point of view as if it were your own, and how the comparison between Frank's ex who is working in a bakery earning probably more than Nicole who is starting her work at a field that Frank is sure would never earn her anything. ""Using words like, 'life cost more than it seemed and you had to sacrifice if you wanted to make it. Sacrificing also spoke of having to pick a line of work that you didn't particularly like. Still, it would give you an income to buy a house and another. You couldn't stop until you had enough money for the rest of your life, which is heart-warming,"

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