The story deals with the transition from childhood to adulthood and how priorities change throughout our lives. When he is a child, Calum McCall is amazed with the colourful world he is living in. Though as time past, this world begins lose its magic: society needs good manners than childish illusions. We can see this when nobody wants to hear about those multicoloured suns.
As an adult and with many responsibilities, he’s brought back in time by his son making him feel uncomfortable. This can be seen when he doesn’t have the answers to the same questions he had as a child. So, to be calmed down and be able to go on with his daily routine, he sees a doctor who gives him a packet of brightly coloured pills.
There are many gaps in the story that our mind can fill in, and we want to enlarge the idea of how his world starts to get dyed in grey scales. In my opinion, this happens because he sees adulthood as a cold and monotonous stage in life. We can realize about this because the city is a dull place for him. So, he compares this dull life with the city where people seem to be tied to responsibilities and ambitions living aside some details which give colours to life.
As an adult and with many responsibilities, he’s brought back in time by his son making him feel uncomfortable. This can be seen when he doesn’t have the answers to the same questions he had as a child. So, to be calmed down and be able to go on with his daily routine, he sees a doctor who gives him a packet of brightly coloured pills.
There are many gaps in the story that our mind can fill in, and we want to enlarge the idea of how his world starts to get dyed in grey scales. In my opinion, this happens because he sees adulthood as a cold and monotonous stage in life. We can realize about this because the city is a dull place for him. So, he compares this dull life with the city where people seem to be tied to responsibilities and ambitions living aside some details which give colours to life.
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Monica , I enjoyed your blog a lot , I didn`t know about Edna... ; I love this of discovering new people and histories. Whenever I read something I like to know about the person and his/her life.(It`s good to know her pseudonimo)
About Callum and his colours , I liked what you wrote .I believe it was an execellent"disparador" of ideas.We should listen to childern ,we should pay attention to them , they are as wise as old people.
I agree with Anne... Children are great... they are full of life and colours... and I think that, now we know this, we can help our students, children,
baby-brother/sister not to lose their innocence and still see colours wherever they are....
Excellent what you wrote... Very nice indeed!!!!
excellent analysis, thanks for sharing!
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