My vignette describes a scene during which the man comes across his dead father’s corpse as he and his son are exploring his old childhood home. It would occur after the man leaves his childhood room, disappointed by his empty closet, and before the boy asks the man if they could leave and the man agrees. This passage contributes to the development of the man’s character and reveals the grim, morbid tone of the novel early on. As this is his old childhood home, the man’s coming across his father’s corpse reinforces the death of his former life and the bygone world.
The man’s emotional reaction to seeing his dead father reveals that he had not yet reached an utter acceptance of his austere reality, which he does attain as they encounter various
The man’s emotional reaction to seeing his dead father reveals that he had not yet reached an utter acceptance of his austere reality, which he does attain as they encounter various