The Fear Of Death By Salvador Monologue

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time”. In this extract the author tell us about the psychological insight of the central character Gabriel after experiencing his wife’s deeper feeling of sadness after the death of her boyfriend. It clearly demonstrates Gabriels spiritual crisis and an impact of this own his consciousness. Through his various styles in his writing, the author succeeded to left the reader with an attachment to the main character Gabriel. It is a normal human nature that the death of the beloved ones makes people sad. Through this the author exploits the deeper thinking of the main theme “death”.
Firstly, the author purposely named the main character as Gabriel, …show more content…
He described her intense feeling of sadness by explain each actions thoroughly to make the reader realize the effect of death of loved one on the living people. After realizing that, his wife loved somebody more than him, Gabriel became disappointed and felt insignificance in his life. As his mind was disturbed by her information, he was awake the whole night .When he looked upon her face, while she was sleeping he noticed that she became old. Reflecting on the thoughts passing through in his mind, he realized that the life is very short and the people live with more passion lives fully than others. Through this Gabriel used an inward examination of his own life and the life of other human beings in …show more content…
Snow makes as feeling cold a physically inactive that refers to deadbody. As the snow covers the plants it inhibits their capacity to get energy and nourishment from the sun .The snow here represents the death. Humans usually blame snow for their loss of freedom and movement. The death comes to all living irrespective of nature and colour. The snow falling upon on “living and the dead” ironically act as a symbol for the death that comes indiscriminately. “It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of little yard, on the barren thorns” reminded Gabriel that the death happens for every human beings. The author used the word “westward journey “to represent death. In Irish mythology the westward journey represent a trip to the mythical island for the blessed people or the dead. As Gabriel thinks about the westward journey he mention about the death. For Gabriel mind losing consciousness and, the westward journey is a drift towards the region where the dwell the vast the hosts of the dead. The memory of Michael furey death made him feel he loses his own identity into a impalpable world, he too in his own way near death, and the common burial for all living