“The first time I saw my father after he died, I was in the shower, hair plastered with conditioner, when the water stuttered and turned cold. He was at the sink in front of the misted-up mirror with the tap running, his back to me.”
A part of the human life is to live and die. Every single person on the Earth will experience the heart-breaking moment when you loose a loved one. But the difference is the way the individual person deals with this part of life. In Bernie McGill’s short story ”No Angel” from 2010 a girl called Annie looses her brother and her parents and show us how she cope with the loss of her loved ones with the use of supernatural elements.
The protagonist in the short story “No Angel” is a girl called Annie who has a supernatural …show more content…
Annie is haunted by her father, which is clearly a use of supernatural elements such as ghosts and angels. Instead of getting scared she tries to understand her situation. The story is not reliable, which could mean that she only tries to understand her situation in a parallel world that is a product of her mind. Therefore the story is about the way we cope with the heart-breaking process of loosing a loved one, which lead us to the theme that is death, comprehension and family.
The title “No Angel” is perfectly suitable to the plot because of her father’s death. She is haunted, but not by a ghost or an angel, but by her father. Her loss of her family has been hard for her and she still tries to understand. Her father therefore helps her to understand and keep her safe until she fully understands. He is her father and he loves her, and shows it through his support to her, which could be in a parallel world. When she sees the whole family together even though her family is death she achieve understanding. ““You found them,” I said. “I did,” Daddy said.
“They look well.” He nodded and smiled. “Will you leave me alone now?” I asked him. He looked down at his hands…” (P. 6, L.
A part of the human life is to live and die. Every single person on the Earth will experience the heart-breaking moment when you loose a loved one. But the difference is the way the individual person deals with this part of life. In Bernie McGill’s short story ”No Angel” from 2010 a girl called Annie looses her brother and her parents and show us how she cope with the loss of her loved ones with the use of supernatural elements.
The protagonist in the short story “No Angel” is a girl called Annie who has a supernatural …show more content…
Annie is haunted by her father, which is clearly a use of supernatural elements such as ghosts and angels. Instead of getting scared she tries to understand her situation. The story is not reliable, which could mean that she only tries to understand her situation in a parallel world that is a product of her mind. Therefore the story is about the way we cope with the heart-breaking process of loosing a loved one, which lead us to the theme that is death, comprehension and family.
The title “No Angel” is perfectly suitable to the plot because of her father’s death. She is haunted, but not by a ghost or an angel, but by her father. Her loss of her family has been hard for her and she still tries to understand. Her father therefore helps her to understand and keep her safe until she fully understands. He is her father and he loves her, and shows it through his support to her, which could be in a parallel world. When she sees the whole family together even though her family is death she achieve understanding. ““You found them,” I said. “I did,” Daddy said.
“They look well.” He nodded and smiled. “Will you leave me alone now?” I asked him. He looked down at his hands…” (P. 6, L.