"Next day he pretended to be the Prince who braves the terrible thicket of thorns to enter the palace and kiss the Sleeping Beauty back to t life: he dragged a ladder to the wall, the shining coiled tunnel was just wide enough for his little body to creep in, and with the first fixing of its razor-teeth in his knees and hands and head he screamed and struggled deeper into its tangle."
The end of this story is pretty surprising. Even though its presented in somewhat of a nonchalant manner, the terrible event is so unexpected, and there's really no follow-up information about it. But, that presents the question of "why does the author do this?". Personally, I think the ending is presented so calmly to symbolize how someone can feel safe and calm, but they can't protect themselves from everything. Every time a new risk presented itself, the parents just developed a new security system to protect themselves from it. They felt as if there was nothing that could harm them. But no one can ever really escape danger. It was completely ironic that the family's attempt to protect themselves actually harmed their son more than anything else. I think it sends the message that trying to avoid risk can also create risk.
No comments:
Post a Comment