The Caretaker By Anthony Doerr
Throughout time, stories have been told to help spread knowledge to others about any topic about the author chooses to write upon. Many of the American story topics talk about relationship troubles to current topics like racism, but each have the same theme. The theme of personal growth and development by the main protagonist. That is what an American Story is to grow from the things you learn and experience, either being good or bad. That is why many people that are chasing the American dream, often don’t succeed, because they do not struggle getting there. Compared to those who truly made it to the American dream, had to deal with losses and struggles. Each American short story has the theme of growth as they each learn from what they come
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The theme gives the focus of the story. It shows the message of the author’s view point for their lesson that they are writing. Theme is the reason everything in the story connects. The authors that write American short story, write about growth and development. The reason being is, because that when people think or hear about America, they think of how it is constantly changing and adapting. In the American short story, The Caretaker by Anthony Doerr, Joseph had been taken care of by his mother his whole life. One day, his mother goes to the market and doesn’t return, there was an attack and she went missing. Joseph had to learn how to cook and take care of himself. He travels to America to flee the civil war, that’s going on. He works as a caretaker for a rich person and found that he couldn’t do it because of his experience of the civil war. Joseph was confronted by whales that were washed up on the beach, he wants to bury their hearts to bury them properly. Joseph confronts the men who were cleaning the mess up and states “I’ll take the hearts. If you’re done with them” (Doerr). Doerr writes that Joseph stares into the horizon after he says that. Doerr put this in to show that Joseph is struggling to get rid of his past and wants to do something about seeing a death of something. Doerr makes Joseph grow into an adult and learn everything that he needs after his mother’s disappearance. He sets up the theme from the beginning of the story about how one must grow without depending on someone else. He shows how people will struggle and push through, even with their past as horrific as
The theme gives the focus of the story. It shows the message of the author’s view point for their lesson that they are writing. Theme is the reason everything in the story connects. The authors that write American short story, write about growth and development. The reason being is, because that when people think or hear about America, they think of how it is constantly changing and adapting. In the American short story, The Caretaker by Anthony Doerr, Joseph had been taken care of by his mother his whole life. One day, his mother goes to the market and doesn’t return, there was an attack and she went missing. Joseph had to learn how to cook and take care of himself. He travels to America to flee the civil war, that’s going on. He works as a caretaker for a rich person and found that he couldn’t do it because of his experience of the civil war. Joseph was confronted by whales that were washed up on the beach, he wants to bury their hearts to bury them properly. Joseph confronts the men who were cleaning the mess up and states “I’ll take the hearts. If you’re done with them” (Doerr). Doerr writes that Joseph stares into the horizon after he says that. Doerr put this in to show that Joseph is struggling to get rid of his past and wants to do something about seeing a death of something. Doerr makes Joseph grow into an adult and learn everything that he needs after his mother’s disappearance. He sets up the theme from the beginning of the story about how one must grow without depending on someone else. He shows how people will struggle and push through, even with their past as horrific as