The Ceiling By Kevin Brockmeir Analysis
The Ceiling, by Kevin Brockmeir, is a story about the gradual dissolution of a marriage between a husband, the narrator, and his wife, Melissa, during which a pitch black apocalyptic, metaphoric “ceiling” from the sky is descending across the town. As Melissa drifts further and further into a supposed depressive state, generating sorrow and sadness among the family members and citizens of the city, the ceiling, on gravitational downward path, is causing confusion and destruction. Throughout the majority of the plot the protagonist tries to lead his life as typical as possible, eventually however, the story reaches its climax when his wife’s infidelity is exposed and the ceiling collides with the earth, forcing the characters to deal with their mistakes and tragedy.
What is most interesting about this story is actually its lack of metaphorism. Only in the beginning is there actually a reference to a metaphysical metaphoric object. The rest of the story is only about the physical properties of the metaphor and its affect physical effects on the populace of the community. The writer relies upon the reader to make his own inferences about his written words. As opposed to integrating the metaphors into his writing.
Like 'visible'? What exactly is visible or not? What does it symbolize? …show more content…
In that moment all life's problems stand still, and when you get up from bed and start getting ready for the day you have to worry about all the problems. When the narrator said "The object was not yet visible during the day," instead of object as a physical thing. I think he meant object as an emotional thing; problems aren't visible during the day as much as they are in dreams. And when 'they' woke up in the morning to get ready they felt their problems weigh in, and knew they were even closer to having to confront
What is most interesting about this story is actually its lack of metaphorism. Only in the beginning is there actually a reference to a metaphysical metaphoric object. The rest of the story is only about the physical properties of the metaphor and its affect physical effects on the populace of the community. The writer relies upon the reader to make his own inferences about his written words. As opposed to integrating the metaphors into his writing.
Like 'visible'? What exactly is visible or not? What does it symbolize? …show more content…
In that moment all life's problems stand still, and when you get up from bed and start getting ready for the day you have to worry about all the problems. When the narrator said "The object was not yet visible during the day," instead of object as a physical thing. I think he meant object as an emotional thing; problems aren't visible during the day as much as they are in dreams. And when 'they' woke up in the morning to get ready they felt their problems weigh in, and knew they were even closer to having to confront