Contrasts

In you exam question, you are also asked to focus on the contrasts present in the short story “Shouting at cars” by Adam Marek. By contrast we understand an opposition or a contradiction between people, attitudes or ideas.

In the “Shouting at cars”, you will discover the following contrasts:

• Between the troll and the rest of the people
• Between the narrator’s attitude and that of his parents with regards to the troll
• Between the narrator’s real relationship with the troll and what this relationship seems to be in the beginning of the story
• Between the ordinary, realistic setting and the fantastical existence of the troll

The troll is obviously different from the rest of the people and this is the reason why he lives in isolation and others fear him. Furthermore, he appears to be the only one of h...