Post by Ariella Crisano on Sept 17, 2015 4:35:43 GMT
This story was very odd and I found myself getting lost quite a bit. It took me a while to understand "the sky would fall". I believe that the narrator is going through depression because he was taken away from his home in the mountains to live a boring life in the city filled with meaningless trinkets, and fulfilling the wishes of his wife.
No matter what he did for her, she was never satisfied, and always wanted more death.
When he says the sky is falling, I think he is referring to the endless repetition of night and day. He is dissatisfied with his new life, so everything is just a blur to him and the only way to finally stop it, is to kill his wife. But to kill his wife would mean taking away the one person who he loves and who cares about him. So even though it would stop he endless repetition, his "sky" that he talks about on the mountain, would never come back.
Discussion question:
In the story, the narrator compares his wife to a bird flying straight across the sky. When he decided he must kill her, he then questions if this bird is him and if by killing her, would he kill himself? What are your thoughts on this? And how does this relate to how the author reacts to the woman's death in the end?
No matter what he did for her, she was never satisfied, and always wanted more death.
When he says the sky is falling, I think he is referring to the endless repetition of night and day. He is dissatisfied with his new life, so everything is just a blur to him and the only way to finally stop it, is to kill his wife. But to kill his wife would mean taking away the one person who he loves and who cares about him. So even though it would stop he endless repetition, his "sky" that he talks about on the mountain, would never come back.
Discussion question:
In the story, the narrator compares his wife to a bird flying straight across the sky. When he decided he must kill her, he then questions if this bird is him and if by killing her, would he kill himself? What are your thoughts on this? And how does this relate to how the author reacts to the woman's death in the end?