My Boat
... them dreaming of a better, more exciting life,e books as an escap In the next world God will see to those who waste their lives reading useless books when they should be about their work.” ores or after e, a getaway from his unfulfilling life. As for the mother she would say to the daughters who were frequently reading the books, “Take your nose out of the trash and come and do your work.” She would also bring God into her arguments by saying “a long day. The books deeply waultimately represented everything each character in the story nted to experience but only the daughters were smart Within the story the books symbolize the fast pace world outside of the small fishing community where the story takes place. and one by one passes them on to his daughters who then end up leaving home and moving to the big city places described in the books. The books were used as a vehicle to show the desire of the father and the daughters and their craving to leave their present dreadful world behind them. Since the father could not enough to take that chance. leave he The books not only were a way to escape but also just a break from daily ch used thT he father constantly reads ...