Analyse af 'Empty Chair in Room 6'

The story is about a young boy, who is sniffing glue, staying away from school, hate his life, his teachers, his father. One day, he has stayed away from school, and sitting at the canal bank, sniffing glue, and are complaining over everything in his life. Then suddenly, he’s feeling like he has to puke, then he’s walking to a quarry nearby. Then Andy is walking around and complaining, jumping around in puddles, when he suddenly starts to feel sick, like he’s getting choked. Andy was screaming, until an older man walk by, looking at him, and then hurried away, because the man thought that Andy might have a knife, that he was a thug. Then Andy began to cry, and the rain got worse.

Then Andy’s father receives a letter from Mr. Fisher, about Andy’s poor attendance.

Account for the time aspect:

The story is told in “present time”.

All the action is happening when the story is told; present time.

There is no flashback in this story, or other effects. The whole story is written in “present”.

An account for the setting:

Time: The story is happening in the morning, because he has to be in school.

It’s autumn, because it’s raining.