Raboteau views New York through at least five different perspectives in her lifetime. She experiences a dog’s-eye view, bicyclist’s-eye view, key-holder’s view, dilettante’s-eye view and lastly a parent’s-eye view. However she does mention one point of view to which she has no access, “There’s a child’s-eye view of New York to which I have no key.” 1 Emily Raboteau offers an interesting choice of varying sentence fluency throughout her piece. This is evident in short sentences such as, “Just 383 keys to the park exist.” 2 which help to showcase the exclusivity of Gramercy Park. She acknowledges socioeconomic divisions in the public sphere of New York City often. Especially when mentioning the mom who, “is a resident of the ritzy Castle Village apartment complex…” [3. Emily Raboteau, “Playgrounds I Have Known,” The New Yorker, August, 2016 175.] and rubs her the wrong way with her hierarchical views of the neighboring school system. Emily integrates description in a way that is concise and to the point, at times almost coming off as blunt. As far as sources or arguments go, we see them all through her point of view – which is cyclical in terms of theme.
