![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But then it comes anyway” is taken into consideration. His thought process becomes clear when a line from another novel by the same author is taken into consideration, “The Space Between”, “You know the hurt is coming, but there's this reprieve just long enough to get your hopes up, to make you think that maybe, just maybe, this time you dodged it. The above quoted lines from the novel clearly indicate the longing, which Reef feels for his dead grandmother as well as his to inflict pain on others as way to relieve his own pain as well as suffering. Therefore, the protagonist of the novel, Reef also feels torn between the blissful life of the past under the care as well as the nurture of his grandmother and the present world of ugly realties where he is made to confront the harsh realities of the adult world("The First Stone”). The protagonist of the novel, Reef Kennedy, is torn between two worlds of the past and the present just like the way Matthew Arnold describes the present civilization to be torn between the two worlds in the lines, “Wandering between two worlds/ One dead and the other powerless to be born in” (Stange). He gripped the rock, seeking its strength, and chose a target." The above quoted lines from the book, “The First Stone” by Don Aker helps the readers to understand the theme of the novel. 1 THE FIRST STONE "Horns Below him on Birmingham brought him back to the overpass, and he looked down at the traffic through tear-filled eyes. ![]()
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