COMPASS AND THE TORCH

COMPASS AND THE TORCH

1. AUTHORS INSPIRATION

   • SPENT MANY YEARS WALKING THE WELSH HILLS
     • PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
       • SHE SAW THE SITUATION
         • EFFECTED HER DEEPLY AS SHE HAD A SIMILAR CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE

2. THE BOY

   • HE IS 8 AND VERY DEPENDANT ON HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADULTS
   • RARLEY SEES HIS FARTHER 4TH TIME IN 4 MONTHS
   • DESPERATE TO IMPRESS HIS DAD
     • BUT THERE IS ALSO A SENSE OF FEAR THAT HE WILL SEE HIS DAD AS PITIFUL AS HIS MOTHERS PARTNERS SEES HIM
   • QUOTE; THE BOYGRATIFIED BY THE SPEED BUT UNSETTLED BY THE NEED TO HURRY

3. IMPRESS

   • THE BOY WANTS TO IMPRESS HIS FARTHER TO LIVE UP THE MANLYNESS OF A CAMPING ADVENTURE
     • QUOTE; THE BOY PUTS HIS CONCENTRATION INTO KEEPING ABREST
       • THE BOY SEES THE TORCH AS A SYMBOL OF HIS MANHOOD,
         • HE IS GROWN UP ENOUGH TO USE A TORCH
   • QUOTE; A TENT TO WEATHER ALL CONDITIONS, IN WHICH HE AND HIS FATHER WILL BE TWO MEN
   • THE BOY CHATTERS A GREAT DEAL SUGGESTING THAT HE WANTS TO IMPRESS HIS FATHER AND ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM WITCH MAY HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE 4 MONTHS HE WAS ABSENT
   • HE DOESNT WANT TO HAVE THE THOUGHT THAT HIS DAD IS AS USELS AS OTHERS THINK
     • QUOTE; GABBLING HIS VOICE GROWING SHRILL WHEN THE MAN FAILED TO LIGHT IT FIRST TIME AS THE FLAIR SPLUTTERED AND DIED

4. THE END

   • THE END PARAGRAPH DREAMING OF THE HOURSES SUGGESTS THAT HIM, NOT HIS FARTHER WERE A SORCE OF FUTURE INSPIRATII