Batman vs. the Bull
Batman vs. the Bull
A part of growing up is making acquaintance with sexuality. Everyone has a first sexual experience. It is going to happen sooner or later in life. It usually occurs in the stage between childhood and adulthood.
This is what Casey experiences in the short story Batman vs. the Bull written by Adam Marek. The story is about a boy, Casey, who is on his way to become a grownup. In the beginning of the story, we are told, that Casey is running through a forest playing a game in which he is supposed to collect as much rubbish as possible. Rubbish is the British word for waste and nonsense. You might say that he is collecting nonsense which is just for fun because he is a child playing a child’s game. He is running through a forest collecting the rubbish. In fairy tales forests are usually a place where everything can happen. It is a place where the hero is away from home and I not in control of things happening. It is also a place for change.
Running through the forest Casey meets a man. The man seems to know where Casey can find more rubbish to win the game. Casey takes his hand and follows the man in the belief that there is more rubbish to be found so that he can win over the other children. Sticking to the idea that the rubbish he is collecting is nonsense which is just for fun as in a child’s game, Casey is following the man searching for more time to add to his childhood. Going further and further into the forest Casey finds out that there is no more rubbish and that the man has been lying to him. Casey turns around and runs away from the man who is following him. Casey’s attempt to reach the safety of the garden from which he came fails. He has passed a point of no return in his process of growing up. He is no longer allowed into the garden of safety and childhood.
When the man catches Casey he turns into a bull. “The man was engorged, muscles ripping his clothes and meat spewing out of the torn seams. Two great horns curled out of his
A part of growing up is making acquaintance with sexuality. Everyone has a first sexual experience. It is going to happen sooner or later in life. It usually occurs in the stage between childhood and adulthood.
This is what Casey experiences in the short story Batman vs. the Bull written by Adam Marek. The story is about a boy, Casey, who is on his way to become a grownup. In the beginning of the story, we are told, that Casey is running through a forest playing a game in which he is supposed to collect as much rubbish as possible. Rubbish is the British word for waste and nonsense. You might say that he is collecting nonsense which is just for fun because he is a child playing a child’s game. He is running through a forest collecting the rubbish. In fairy tales forests are usually a place where everything can happen. It is a place where the hero is away from home and I not in control of things happening. It is also a place for change.
Running through the forest Casey meets a man. The man seems to know where Casey can find more rubbish to win the game. Casey takes his hand and follows the man in the belief that there is more rubbish to be found so that he can win over the other children. Sticking to the idea that the rubbish he is collecting is nonsense which is just for fun as in a child’s game, Casey is following the man searching for more time to add to his childhood. Going further and further into the forest Casey finds out that there is no more rubbish and that the man has been lying to him. Casey turns around and runs away from the man who is following him. Casey’s attempt to reach the safety of the garden from which he came fails. He has passed a point of no return in his process of growing up. He is no longer allowed into the garden of safety and childhood.
When the man catches Casey he turns into a bull. “The man was engorged, muscles ripping his clothes and meat spewing out of the torn seams. Two great horns curled out of his