Fire 
The Fire , William Saroyan
William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in and won the Academy Award for Best Story. He is recognized as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century." Stephen Fry describes Saroyan as "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century and suggests that he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway, Steinbeck and Faulkner. The heroes of his works were always simple and not very happy people, about which he wrote with warmth, compassion and hope for the best. Saroyan was excited by universal issues and problems, the soul of simple little man. His stories celebrate optimism in the middle of trials and difficulties of the Depression-era. Several of Saroyan's works were drawn from his own experiences.
The story under analysis is about a boy who realizes ,that his mother has died. He absolutely alone and hopeless . He asks many rhetorical philosophic questions to himself , analyzes the world and realizes that nothing that he has had matters to him now. Finally he decides to burn the house.
The story shows a little boy`s emotions and psychological thoughts caused by moms death. He sits in front of the fire and realizes the bitterness of the world. The atmosphere is sad, dramatic .There is a description of it in the beginning of the text : «It was so cold in the world, beyond the warm room, and the air was so clear you could hear it and when the Santa Fe crossing bell rang it was like churches, Sunday and peace in the world, quiet, and then the whole house, like the soft laugher of his father Jesse, trembled with the heavy weight and movement of the passing train» . To emphasize the dramatic atmosphere the author applies polysyndeton metaphor: "flowers of the fire" and simile: "The Santa Fe crossing bell rang like churches", "house trembled like the soft laugher of his father" and polysyndeton.
The symbol of fire plays a great role in this text. The
William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in and won the Academy Award for Best Story. He is recognized as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century." Stephen Fry describes Saroyan as "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century and suggests that he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway, Steinbeck and Faulkner. The heroes of his works were always simple and not very happy people, about which he wrote with warmth, compassion and hope for the best. Saroyan was excited by universal issues and problems, the soul of simple little man. His stories celebrate optimism in the middle of trials and difficulties of the Depression-era. Several of Saroyan's works were drawn from his own experiences.
The story under analysis is about a boy who realizes ,that his mother has died. He absolutely alone and hopeless . He asks many rhetorical philosophic questions to himself , analyzes the world and realizes that nothing that he has had matters to him now. Finally he decides to burn the house.
The story shows a little boy`s emotions and psychological thoughts caused by moms death. He sits in front of the fire and realizes the bitterness of the world. The atmosphere is sad, dramatic .There is a description of it in the beginning of the text : «It was so cold in the world, beyond the warm room, and the air was so clear you could hear it and when the Santa Fe crossing bell rang it was like churches, Sunday and peace in the world, quiet, and then the whole house, like the soft laugher of his father Jesse, trembled with the heavy weight and movement of the passing train» . To emphasize the dramatic atmosphere the author applies polysyndeton metaphor: "flowers of the fire" and simile: "The Santa Fe crossing bell rang like churches", "house trembled like the soft laugher of his father" and polysyndeton.
The symbol of fire plays a great role in this text. The