Starbucks is a place some come to every day, order their usual drink of choice and leave or stay to work, “to escape the noise and household problems that having three kids to manage along with a career bring.” Miller says. A clear theme isn’t expressed in his piece; it might be how people live in their own world, continuing a steady pace and rhythm they are familiar with. He follows one barista at his stay in this Starbucks. He revolves every piece of his description around her, entering her world; seeing, hearing, smelling what she does. He seems to tell everyone’s story, guessing why they are here. I liked how he seemed to be a fly on the wall, however being third-person limited. When he says "she looks, as every barista should, as if she belongs here" I'm not quite sure what he means by that. Does that mean that he is profiling Starbucks employees? Isn't it a place where all kinds of people come? It appears he uses this moment of time to open himself up into this barista's world, when he says, "And I feel connected to her as I look out at the world she watches go by from this safe haven disguised as a coffee shop." Liker saying, everyone is peaceful and comfortable in their own place in the world, time passing you by and you running through the same path over and over again.
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