Michael Cunningham White Angel Summary

A short dark coming of age story featured Michael Cunningham’s “White Angel,” which is narrated by an older Bobby Morris and told through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. It follows the experiences Bobby shares with his older brother, Carlton in the last days of his life. The story is set in Cleveland in the 1960s during the aftermath of war. “White Angel” explores themes such as death, love, brotherhood, and adult subject. A theme is described as a main idea or underlying the meaning of a literary work. These themes reflect the narrator’s childish perspective and the many emblems seen throughout the story. Even though the narrator is Bobby, it is not the nine-year-old Bobby talked about throughout the story. Even at the beginning of