Gertrude Stein Tender Buttons

Tender Buttons Gertrude Stein In the novel “Tender Buttons,” Gertrude Stein plays with language using her unconventional writing style. It appears that Gertrude is using words in an abstract way as she express her voice through fragmented language. In my opinion, she uses very short and simple descriptions in explaining certain objects, food and rooms. I believe that Stein use objects to describe the things in life that are in our lives, some things are …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…description of objects, food and rooms. Stein used the abstract processing of thought and a mirror into the psychological thought. It is clear to me that her acquaintance with Picasso is influential in her writing style of “Tender Buttons.” Picasso’s paintings were fragmented on canvas, as though he was telling a story through his works. In “Tender Buttons,” Stein uses expression through a type of fragmented of consciousness of ones inner association of life.