Essay Over Super-Toys Last All Summer Long

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”Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” “An overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely”. This quote is in my opinion very interesting, because the woman in the text – Mrs. Swinton is very lonely and just because we’re a lot of people on this planet, it doesn’t mean that, you have a lot of friends. Mrs. Swinton is described as the most perfect woman, who has ever been on this planet. With her graceful shape, her mild eyes and her beautiful thoughts, she sounds like the perfect woman. This perfection is also described in her garden. Monica’s garden is maintenance free – with perpetual summer. The flowers are always in full bloom. The garden is flawless. It’s perfect. The world Monica and Mr. Swinton live in isn’t perfect. This is why they have a huge mansion with no windows. They don’t want any contact with the “…overcrowded external world”. Their huge mansion is the perfect place compared to this despicable world outside their “void”. Their void is a big contrast to the world outside. The external world is full of apartments, but the Swintons live in the big, Georgian mansion. But not everything is perfect inside this “void”. The relationship between Monica, her “son”, David and Teddy is awkward. Teddy is described as a perfect bear. David uses him as a “wise-guy”. Teddy has all the answers David needs. Teddy becomes the mediator between Monica and David. Instead of finding David, Monica asks Teddy, where to find him, what he is doing etc. Teddy can talk with Mrs. Swinton, but David can’t talk to her, like Teddy can. David becomes envious of Teddy. The bond between David and Monica isn’t any way near perfect. Monica is scared of David. Because David is writing letters like he does and trying to make a rose float in his paddling pool, it makes him too human. Humans are not perfect and this scares Monica. Her fear for the things that isn’t perfect is a

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