Indledning
Families are like branches in a tree, they grow in different directions, yet their roots remain the same. Sometimes, a branch breaks and it may seem sorrowful at first.
However, what appears to be the end of the branch that once was, may really be a new beginning. At times though, it isn’t always easy to adjust to changes.
Family, separation and changes is what Jennifer Allott’s short story ‘’Mid-air’’ (2014) revolves around. The message of the story is brought to light through the eyes of a young boy, struggling to adjust to his parents’ separation. From this specific perspective it’s explicitly revealed how children find it more difficult going through these changes.
The structure is not chronical; in the beginning we find ourselves in the present with Alex and his family sitting in a car on their way home from a trip to a family park called Robin Hood’s Bay.
As a reader we have no clue of who the people are and how they got themselves in that very situation, so the story begins in medias res.
But through flashbacks and inner monologue we learn about the events leading up to the moment in the present. These gives us a greater understanding of how the people in the story are related to one another and to their relationships – which is the important element of the story.
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