Dial 000 – an Analysis
The short story Dial 000 takes place on a cliff in Lover’s Leap, Sunshine Coast in Australia. In the short story it is not said when the story takes place, but since the character is calling with a mobile phone it is most likely after the 1990’s.
The setting is quite important to the story, because if the character had called from somewhere else, his words would not be quite as serious. The setting is not described in the short story; it is only mention by one of the characters. The only thing that kind of irks me about the setting is that the name on the place Lover’s Leap, because at the end we find out that one of the reason the character is contemplating is because his wife had left him. I don’t know if Lover’s …show more content…
But before he jumps he calls the police, it is not said why he calls them, but perhaps so that somebody can find his body afterwards. The man on the other side tells him to press some numbers so that he can be transferred to another section of the police. But what Doug is mostly aggravated by is the fact that he is just sent to the same man again. The man asks Doug quite a lot of questions, and it seems like he is trying to be humorous towards Doug.
Doug is perhaps a little confused when the man on the other side, can’t find Lover’s Leap. And it is written in the text that his dark mood turns red, and that is the beginning of Doug’s anger towards the other man. Doug then finds out that he is not even in Australia, but in India. And the questions, then turns to the other man for a bit. After a while the man on the other side tells Doug that he is Govinda of Poona.
Their conversations then turn over to sports, when Doug says that their drivers are like their cricket players. Govinda then says that the Australian team is only winning because of the bigger bribes, which makes Doug furious. He then says he is going to beat up Govinda, which Govinda replies with before or after you jump. At the end Govinda is basically telling Doug to jump, but Doug is very angry. So he hangs up the phone and starts planning his trip to …show more content…
And he is sitting at the base of Lover’s Leap, having being watching Doug the entire time. He then calls another police man to tell him that he can put away the net and that Confrontational Therapy did work.
There is only one plot of the short story, and the story takes place chronologically. The story has a third person narrator, but it is more focused on Doug. There is quite a lot of dialog in the text and little description.
The short story is actually quite humorous, which is quite morbid to be honest, because the main character is contemplating suicide.
The theme of Dial 000 is perhaps hope and that you make the problems you have worse than they really are. I think author want to tell us that even things that are quite morbid, in a way can be funny. That life does not have to be as serious that everyone thinks it needs to
The short story Dial 000 takes place on a cliff in Lover’s Leap, Sunshine Coast in Australia. In the short story it is not said when the story takes place, but since the character is calling with a mobile phone it is most likely after the 1990’s.
The setting is quite important to the story, because if the character had called from somewhere else, his words would not be quite as serious. The setting is not described in the short story; it is only mention by one of the characters. The only thing that kind of irks me about the setting is that the name on the place Lover’s Leap, because at the end we find out that one of the reason the character is contemplating is because his wife had left him. I don’t know if Lover’s …show more content…
But before he jumps he calls the police, it is not said why he calls them, but perhaps so that somebody can find his body afterwards. The man on the other side tells him to press some numbers so that he can be transferred to another section of the police. But what Doug is mostly aggravated by is the fact that he is just sent to the same man again. The man asks Doug quite a lot of questions, and it seems like he is trying to be humorous towards Doug.
Doug is perhaps a little confused when the man on the other side, can’t find Lover’s Leap. And it is written in the text that his dark mood turns red, and that is the beginning of Doug’s anger towards the other man. Doug then finds out that he is not even in Australia, but in India. And the questions, then turns to the other man for a bit. After a while the man on the other side tells Doug that he is Govinda of Poona.
Their conversations then turn over to sports, when Doug says that their drivers are like their cricket players. Govinda then says that the Australian team is only winning because of the bigger bribes, which makes Doug furious. He then says he is going to beat up Govinda, which Govinda replies with before or after you jump. At the end Govinda is basically telling Doug to jump, but Doug is very angry. So he hangs up the phone and starts planning his trip to …show more content…
And he is sitting at the base of Lover’s Leap, having being watching Doug the entire time. He then calls another police man to tell him that he can put away the net and that Confrontational Therapy did work.
There is only one plot of the short story, and the story takes place chronologically. The story has a third person narrator, but it is more focused on Doug. There is quite a lot of dialog in the text and little description.
The short story is actually quite humorous, which is quite morbid to be honest, because the main character is contemplating suicide.
The theme of Dial 000 is perhaps hope and that you make the problems you have worse than they really are. I think author want to tell us that even things that are quite morbid, in a way can be funny. That life does not have to be as serious that everyone thinks it needs to