What does it mean to be alive in a dead world? -> this is existentialism
The repetition of the letter S symbollises the noise that the river makes as that is all they can hear because it 'masks' any other noises. Sibalence.
Period 5.
Structure and the handling of time.
Page 1-
''Nights beyond darkness and the days more grey each one than what had gone before''
Narrative time, night time, the past has been a long time and nothings ever changed
Page 263
''In the morning he built a fire and walked out on the beach''
Reference to the passage of the day
Page 111
''They'd had no food and little in five days''
Narrative time is telescoped
Page 78
''He woke up in the night with the cold and rose and broke up more wood for the fire''
Reference to markers in the year.
(Winter/cold month)
Page 111
''They kicked snow over the fire and went on through the trees and circled and came back''
Winter
Page 226
''They stayed at the house for four days eating''
Narrative time is telescoped
''Winter was already upon them''
Marker in the year
Precise and concise. Well done.
ReplyDeleteTry to consider why they stick to a routine, is it merely for practical reasons or is there something more important about it?