World Literature

“The bell rang announcing the passing of the day and the end or work. The throngs of children rushed toward the gate, which was opened again. I bade farewell to friends and sweethearts and passed through the gate. I peered around but found no trace of my father, who had promised to be there. I stepped aside to wait…..After I had taken a few steps, a middle-aged passed by…… Good Lord! Where was the street lined with gardens? Where had it disappeared to? Where did all these vehicles invade it?….High buildings taken over, the street surged with children, and disturbing noises shook the air….”

This quote show the timelines from the author’s childhood to his adulthood. He starts with his childhood first by showing that the gates acts more like a portal, and act like a invitation of the real world. When he explained that he found no trace of my father, we eventually know that the father has died and that the author has to find his own sense of direction on his own. The strange part was that the author had no emotion, because usually without our parents, we experience sadness and confusion on what to do without the guidance. As he started growing older, he started to struggle in adjusting to present time, to know that he doesn’t see the land that he once knew. From the beautiful nature as a kid to the vehicles and high buildings as a elder, this is linked to urbanization (taking on the characteristics of a city). It was then that he has started to give up on his life and experience sadness, as the young lad (believed to be a spirit) take him to the afterlife.