The Tree House by Ronald Frame Analysis

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The Tree House The story under consideration is entitled The Tree House and is written by Ronald Frame. The themes of his works are about the relationships of different people, he writes of the subjects that affect us all. The title of the story is thought provoking. When we see it for the first time it evokes in us the feelings of the unusual place, some secret safe place, but having read the whole story we realize that although that place originally was meant to be secret and safe it became a place of first betrayal in the life of the narrator. So the theme of the story is friends and friendship and how cruel even small children can be in reference to their peers. Let me give you the whole reconstruction of the events. By chance having seen his former friends outdoors the narrator began to recollect his childhood. At that period he used to play with them in the tree house serving them as a safe place for their pleasure time. However the friendship was ruined after one quarrel which developed into an attempt to drawn the narrator by the boy Alan who forced the other girl Claire to help him. The narrative takes place in Wiltshire, The USA in the small neighboring community. The tree house appears to be the central place of the narrative not for nothing. For children it symbolizes the safe place enabling I quote: “watching into people’s rooms and never being kept” and a place “safe from predators, both animals and humans”. The first characterization the reader comes across is the direct description of the children’s traits of character. I quote: “Alan – pushy and masterful like his father; Claire – thoughtful, but fickle and the narrator himself – careful and mercy”. It is very important as throughout the story the children’s actions and utterances are shown like a pattern of their parents’ behavior thus depicting us their upbringing. Alan, the antagonist, is
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