Re: Teddy
Hapworth2 (Hapworth2@aol.com)
Mon, 05 Jan 1998 15:46:48 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-01-05 01:48:06 EST, you write:
<< >Was the pool even empty?? In the story he says that it MIGHT be the day
they
>were changing the water...
>
Oh come on, folks. I enjoy the equivocation, but
let's not be silly. Of course the pool was empty,
of course Teddy died, and his sister pushed him in,
and he was pretty sure it was going to happen (as
he wrote in his journal--it would happen either
that day or when he was a bit older). I'm sorry,
I don't mean to sound snotty, but the ending was
explained, forshadowed, and set up by the entire
story before it. I don't want to stifle anyone's
right to interpretation, but in my opinion, the
story doesn't leave that much room for question--
or at least, it seems to me, it doesn't intend to.
Brendan
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>>
I completely agree....the whole what if the pool wasnt empty thing was just
something kind of interesting suggested by this nut in my Directed Studies
Class. Don't worry, I also think that he was pushed...but wouldn't it be
weird if......
-Noah