Indledning
What consequences and difficulties occur when you have no place to call home? Where do you go, when the winter arrives, and cold and darkness threaten?
How do you maintain hope and faith, when you find yourself lost, and have nothing and no one to count on? This is the reality for some people, who have no home, no family and no security.
These people are called homeless. In Terrace Jones’s short story “Waiting for Spring” homelessness is in focus.
We are introduced to William, a homeless person, whose living conditions are so much different from what most people know of. He must endure pain and grief from his surroundings, as well as facing a difficult time himself.
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Uddrag
The main theme of the short story is homelessness, which we are introduced to through William, and his setting.
“weakened by the short days and the rough sleeping and the consequence of too much stress and cold, they got sick and that was it, poof, gone just like that.”
Winter is the worst time of the year for homeless people. This season causes a horrible number of deaths among them, due to the rough conditions of this time of year.
The setting takes place on a bench in a park, which is described as “freezing” , the only place we are told that the homeless can find warmth and shelter, is beneath a bridge, and in a hostel for homeless people.
These rough surroundings are not the only difficulties that are described in this short story. The text also portrays William as an alcoholic. When his friend Albert approaches him with a bottle of whiskey, William immediately becomes cheerful.
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