Post by Ariella on Sept 3, 2015 17:55:45 GMT
After reading this story I had to read it again. The message was so simple yet so profound at the same time. What really made me wonder, was why the author felt the need to state that it's a dream right from the beginning. Is the man dreaming some other reality. Or was this reality so horribly revealing to him, that in his head it could only be a dream?
I believe the "brat" is used as a way to show the narrators' guilt and how heavy guilt can weigh upon a person. At the beginning the child is just a mere annoyance to him on his back. When the man admits to what he has done and accepts it, only then does the weight of the child/guilt truly become a burden, just as the hold said he would.
To me, the way the child being described as a shining mirror reflecting the past present and future, is another manifestation of the mans guilt. The child is not only meant to be a physical burden. The child acts a mirror reflecting the mans most truest soul. He is showing the narrators soul, unedited. It shows that guilt is not only a physical and outward burden but also one on the soul which can travel with your soul forever.
I believe the "brat" is used as a way to show the narrators' guilt and how heavy guilt can weigh upon a person. At the beginning the child is just a mere annoyance to him on his back. When the man admits to what he has done and accepts it, only then does the weight of the child/guilt truly become a burden, just as the hold said he would.
To me, the way the child being described as a shining mirror reflecting the past present and future, is another manifestation of the mans guilt. The child is not only meant to be a physical burden. The child acts a mirror reflecting the mans most truest soul. He is showing the narrators soul, unedited. It shows that guilt is not only a physical and outward burden but also one on the soul which can travel with your soul forever.