TYLER ELDEN
Don’t you think I should have a say in this?
My story concerns the train journey of a young couple heading towards a city.The key issue raised is one of parenthood, and the decision-making over an unwanted pregnancy. James Joyce was used as a point of reference as he deals with issues of adolescence, and the psychosexual revelations that come with it, in his story ‘Araby’; I also considered Raymond Carver’s short story ‘So Much Water So Close To Home’ given its focus on the emotional turmoil of an older, married couple. The choice of the train’s destination is also relevant to the narrative: the city represents the unknown and chaotic, a place where happiness is said to be found.
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