Themes

In this section, we will list the themes of the story. Remember that usually a story has a main theme and other secondary ones. In our case the main theme is death. This theme is inextricably connected to that of life and the way we choose to live it.…

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Death

Piper fears death and now has to deal with her father’s death. Even though she had been expecting it to happen, it is very upsetting for her and she mostl…

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Adventurous life versus cautious life

The second important theme in this short story is the way people live their lives in harsh climate or environments. Some choose to move away and live a more comfortable life somewhere else, like Piper did.

Others, like her father Red, prefer to face the dangers and live like a “daredevil”. In psychology, their attitudes would fit into the "flight …