Analyse af Sofie Moores novelle 'That Summer'

Death is a daunting thing. Everyone is going to die at some point, but that’s not shocking news is it? Everyone knows they aren’t immortal. One day, you will not exist anymore, and only those who knows you, will get to keep you in their memories. Have you ever wondered how people will react, when you die? In the short story “That Summer”, by Sofie Moore, we hear about a woman who dies. The story among other things, highlights how a person’s death, affects the community they are a part of.

We aren’t told what time the story take place in, but we can narrow it down to the 60s. we are told: “Mrs Hill wore too much make-up, had mice in her bee-hive, and idolized Marilyn Monroe” (line 45). Marilyn Monroe was alive from 1926-1962, and I am assuming that since Mrs. Hill idolizes her, it was after her death, which would have caused a spike in the popularity of her music.

When the narrator and Noel, are on their way to Mrs. Walsh, they hear one of the neighbors sing “Goldfinger”, which was the title song for the 1964 James Bond movie: “…her voice robust if a bit dodgy on the high notes of Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger” (line 27).