8220;the girl”. She is called “the woman” because she is older, and the readeris to assume, wiser, and experienced. The “girl” talks about “having a fine time” and“trying new drinks” which shows that she is still young, living a life of ease,experiencing a lot of things, where as the woman brings these “new drinks” to the girl. This displays the woman as mature, older, and experienced because she is workinginstead of “trying new drinks”, and “having a fine time.” She is no longer youndleisurely trying new drinks, she is working trying to earn a living. She is an indirectsupportive device of the theme in that she the opposite image of what the girl is. Thewoman further defines the symbolic qualities of the girl, in other words....
