Resole (verb)
- to sole (something) again
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In the article “The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found” the author Colson Whitehead says, “That before the internet cafe plugged itself in, you got your shoes resoled in the mom-and-pop operation that used to be there. You are a new yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.”
In other words, Colson Whitehead uses the word resoled in this sentence to tell us how technology is changing over time. Mr. Whitehead is referring to how years passed by technology is getting more advanced than usual. Before the advance technology or even good looking shoes, the mothers have to resole the shoes since most of them can’t afford to buy new shoes.
