In the short story “people-watching”, 2014, written by Julia Gray, we follow our two characters who are on an assignment with the purpose to draw people on the street. Even though it’s called “people-watching”, it has two different meanings hidden behind. The grammatical part plays a major role in the word as it has two different meanings respectively. It may symbolize death, regarding the protagonist, Paul’s, memories of his deceased sister, and only seeing death when he sees people, but for Kajsa it is only a curious word for where she seeks a meaning in it.
"People-Watching" is not a plot-oriented short story as it is not built on a statement, ascending action, climax, descending action and resolution. The short story, on the other hand, is a psychological story as it builds on the meaning of a simple word (People-Watching) that restores memories from the past in relation to Paul's deceased sister.
It is a matter of time before one can accept death and thereby try to form positive points of view from all the negative that is given. A piece of blank paper can seem empty and dead, until you choose to create your own image of a new reality and thus start over and put the past behind you. Paul is a young man who lived like a normal family boy. But after his sister's psychological problems with eating disorders and then her absence after her death in Thailand, it has put Paul's life to a test. His sister, Jemima, was killed by a restaurant roof collapse, and this led Paul to study architecture, where his purpose is to create more security in buildings. But not only creating security, he may also have found another purpose by drawing. Perhaps Kajsa can be the person who fills the hole in his heart and thereby create the lack of love bond that Paul seeks.
Det er gratis at oprette en konto