Themes
When you analyse the short story it is a good idea to focus on a theme so you keep a common thread throughout your essay. In the following section, you can read about some relevant points concerning the main theme in this short story. These points are meant to give you some inspiration for your own analysis.
Indhold
Prejudice
The narrator’s descriptions of Magnus does indeed emphasize that Magnus is a special guy. She is aware of the differences between him and other boys and equally between her feelings towards him and other girls’ feelings towards boys:
As I enter my teens I realise that my friends seem to fall in love for reasons I havn’t considered. Can he drive? they ask. Is he cute? Does he have any cute friends? My answers to these questions d...
