'Change In The Novel Warehouse' By Keith Gray
The theme of the novel “warehouse” by Keith Gray is “change” because the protagonists all changed obviously at the end of the story. Robbie is a “fifteen” (p.9) years old boy who runs away from home because of his abusive brother named Frank. Frank always beats Robbie up and “[he] blaming” (p.80) Robbie for making their “dad left us” (p.59). Robbie never fights back, he thinks he deserves it because he told a lie when he was eight and everything got changed. Their dad left them. At the end of the story, he realised that it’s not his fault that Frank bullies him. Frank does not only just “threatened and lashed out” (p.80) his fist on Robbie. Robbie has become not as “timid…scared… weak” (p.75) as before when he sees his brother. On the other
hand, when Amy first came to the warehouse, she was very self-protected. She wants to “keep her distance” (p.91) from people in the warehouse. She has “never hung around the centre with the others, and that’s more or less the only time you get to meet anybody else.” (p.159). However, at the end of the story, she drops “every last barrier she had, and threw away her shield.” (p.164). She has made more new friends at the Warehouse like Shelly and Canner. Last but not least, Lem is the founder of the warehouse and people see him as their leader because of his rule “no drug” (p.158). He used to think Canner was the leader of the warehouse not him, because he “only just managed to admit responsibility for [his] own life, so how can [he] handle other people’s” (p. 186). Lem doesn’t think he can be good leader because he “messed up [his] best friend’s life” (p.185). Canner has been the one who helps people in the warehouse. In the end, he starts to perceive himself as a leader. Therefore, the theme of the novel is about change.
hand, when Amy first came to the warehouse, she was very self-protected. She wants to “keep her distance” (p.91) from people in the warehouse. She has “never hung around the centre with the others, and that’s more or less the only time you get to meet anybody else.” (p.159). However, at the end of the story, she drops “every last barrier she had, and threw away her shield.” (p.164). She has made more new friends at the Warehouse like Shelly and Canner. Last but not least, Lem is the founder of the warehouse and people see him as their leader because of his rule “no drug” (p.158). He used to think Canner was the leader of the warehouse not him, because he “only just managed to admit responsibility for [his] own life, so how can [he] handle other people’s” (p. 186). Lem doesn’t think he can be good leader because he “messed up [his] best friend’s life” (p.185). Canner has been the one who helps people in the warehouse. In the end, he starts to perceive himself as a leader. Therefore, the theme of the novel is about change.