Stevenson says that the egg that the narrator sees is a symbol of new life. This egg is Aiken almost saying that he was new life, only ten years old, and he now had to start another new life, far away from everything that he knew. Also, the story has a focus on death because it focuses on the perception of an overwhelming amount of snow. The snow is a symbol of death because when snow falls, a lot of what is buried will end up dying. Another time that Aiken refers to death is when he talks about the darkness in The Room. "Of darkness against darkness. Within the room / It turned and turned, diving downward..."(Aiken, line 3-4) This diving of the darkness is almost put into a hellish tone. This sounds like someone has just died in front of Aiken
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Ann Gossman says that the narrator of Silent Snow, Secret Snow is an artist being pushed out of society because they have an overly observant mind and they are too invested in the formation of the snowy world. "Aside from the fact that Paul has a vision, not a vacuum, to depart from and that he does not welcome any departure, it would seem a highly dangerous reading of far too much into an innocent observation."(Gossman, p. 1) Gossman is saying that the narrator is an artist that has two differing personalities or ways of being an artist. These two personalities are being highly observant of ones surroundings and viewing everything as blurred or slightly out of focus. Gossman thinks that Aiken 's narrator is to invested in their art to be like everyone else. Also, she says that if the narrator were to tell anyone about the snow that he sees they would think he is insane so he is forced to keep quiet. In addition if he were to tell people about what he sees he would most likely be sent to an insane asylum where he would be fully removed from society. If he continues to keep it all a secret then he will be pushed out of society due to the fact of him not following the social norms of a twelve year old boy. The narrator is forced into a life of suffering silence to avoid being alienated by his parents and the doctor. The end of the story goes on to talk about a flower becoming a
Ann Gossman says that the narrator of Silent Snow, Secret Snow is an artist being pushed out of society because they have an overly observant mind and they are too invested in the formation of the snowy world. "Aside from the fact that Paul has a vision, not a vacuum, to depart from and that he does not welcome any departure, it would seem a highly dangerous reading of far too much into an innocent observation."(Gossman, p. 1) Gossman is saying that the narrator is an artist that has two differing personalities or ways of being an artist. These two personalities are being highly observant of ones surroundings and viewing everything as blurred or slightly out of focus. Gossman thinks that Aiken 's narrator is to invested in their art to be like everyone else. Also, she says that if the narrator were to tell anyone about the snow that he sees they would think he is insane so he is forced to keep quiet. In addition if he were to tell people about what he sees he would most likely be sent to an insane asylum where he would be fully removed from society. If he continues to keep it all a secret then he will be pushed out of society due to the fact of him not following the social norms of a twelve year old boy. The narrator is forced into a life of suffering silence to avoid being alienated by his parents and the doctor. The end of the story goes on to talk about a flower becoming a