>"This is why you are here. This is how things work."The boy's eyes were wide with wonderment, but then he said: "Dad, I don't understand!" His father looked at him with disappointment and annoyance. "You do not understand," he said. "I am sorry, but you will have to wait until tomorrow."The boy smiled, as if he understood everything. He stood up and left the room.
Then it wanders into some confused, repetitive nonsense.
So I think the author is reading far too much into the responses. It's fun to make these connections and perform a sort of literary analysis as an amusement. But if you believe it is real, you're treading down the same mental path that produced such foolishness as astrology and witch trials.
After all, when you intentionally search for hidden meaning in something, you're almost guaranteed to find it.
>"This is why you are here. This is how things work."The boy's eyes were wide with wonderment, but then he said: "Dad, I don't understand!" His father looked at him with disappointment and annoyance. "You do not understand," he said. "I am sorry, but you will have to wait until tomorrow."The boy smiled, as if he understood everything. He stood up and left the room.
Then it wanders into some confused, repetitive nonsense.
So I think the author is reading far too much into the responses. It's fun to make these connections and perform a sort of literary analysis as an amusement. But if you believe it is real, you're treading down the same mental path that produced such foolishness as astrology and witch trials.
After all, when you intentionally search for hidden meaning in something, you're almost guaranteed to find it.