Summary Of The Fall Of A City By Alden Nowlan

In the short story “The Fall of a City” by Alden Nowlan, the protagonist and main character Teddy is a boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. His relationship with them seems to be a permanent arrangement, forcing Teddy to create his own make-believe world. This shows that he is very imaginative. In his make-believe world Teddy is the hero, important, not simply a boy who is lonely, shy and emotional.
First of all Teddy is a very imaginative boy. He creates his own make-believe world, where he is the hero; he is King Theodore, the king of Upalia. Teddy’s imaginative nature is shown by, “In the centre of the room stood a fort and a palace, painstakingly constructed from corrugated cardboard cartons. These were surrounded by humbler dwellings