Why do English teachers make us dig so deep into the stories. I understand getting themes etc out of it, how there is a deeper meaning, I love that stuff! I think its great! But honestly, I think you as a reader have put more into this story than the author did.
Like the fact that the curtains were blue. You want us to dig deep and figure out the significance of the fact that the curtain is blue.
You know, maybe the author just wanted the curtains to be blue.
There is no underlining meaning about how the blue represents the cold winter, or his depression, or the fact that his goldfish died when he was 2 and it had a devastating effect on him, maybe he just wanted it to be blue because he liked the color! Or blue matched the walls! Or maybe he just needed a short little word and blue is fairly short!
I really don't think the fact that the writer mentioned blue curtains is the central point of the story, so can we move on now?
(For anyone who is wondering, no I didn't read a story that has this stuff about blue curtains, just an example conceived out of frustrations.)
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