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Theme Of The Man Who Loved Flowers

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The short story “The Man Who Loved Flowers” by Stephen King, is told by a third person omniscient narrator. This is illustrated when the narrator describes the characters as the pronouns ‘he’ and ‘her’ and also since the narrator has access to multiple characters’ thoughts and feelings. For instance in this quote it is clear to see that he uses the pronouns ‘he’ and ‘her’.
"Norma," he whispered, and pulled the short-handled hammer out of his pocket where it had been all along. "They're for you, Norma... it was always for you... all for you." She backed away, her face a round white blur, her mouth an opening black O of terror, and she wasn't Norma, Norma was dead, she had been dead for ten years...”
As a result of this narration, he brings …show more content…

The settings occur very beautiful and the atmosphere is described as romantic and idyllic. King first illustrates New York as a lovely and safe place with open and bright streets with joyful people.
We obtain the feeling of spring when King describes the weather in this section: “The air soft and beautiful, the sky was darkening by slow degrees from blue to the calm and lovely violet of dusk” . The spring symbolises hope and joy and make the atmosphere calm contrary to the dark streets in the night that obtain a more scary atmosphere when there suddenly are less people than on the big avenues.
The surroundings he passes in New York are very normal and populated. People are standing in front of different shops and restaurants and are playing different kinds of games.
The settings reflect the character as a mirror. When the young man is among other people on the populated streets he is in control and appears as a very ordinary young man who is in love. But when he moves further on and the surroundings become darker, he becomes different and …show more content…

The man is portrayed as a young man, well dressed in a light grey suit. When he walked down the streets he was bouncing with a smile on his lips. His tie was pulled down a little and his top collar button was undone, which give us the expression that he is relaxed. His hair was short and dark and he had light blue eyes. He is very polite to the people he meet on his way. He is very talkative with the flower vendor, which makes him appear like he is just a regular young man who is in love.
He has a split personality that chances like the day. When in sunshine the man is described as a beautiful man full with goodness and changes to evil when he turn into the darkness. When he turns into the violent murderer he become aggressive and psycho when he swung the hammer towards the girl he thought was Norma.
After he killed the innocent girl, he turns back to the normal and relaxed man he was in the beginning, so he himself is a binary opposition that has two completely different kinds of personalities.
The antagonist in the text is the surroundings. As they change when he walks in the streets of New York he develops into a

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