crossing of characters in the narratives Tom Patrick Fishing boat picture and Cathedral
Crossing is a trope that works on a metanarrative level. It happens when characters collide or meet. ... Crossings are experiences get from others via love or friendship, but it can be anything else that makes an impact in characters which can not be forgetten. ... Crossing makes difference via the other. ... This is also true in the narrative Tom Patrick where crossings can be found. The character Tom Patrick is a cheerful simlpe miner folk, but he had his own delight. This delight reflected through the small children who he ’gave birth’ by his crossing. There are characters who do not willig to change in spite of crossing, but the child accepted Tom’s friendship. ... Tom changed the boy into a man. He grew up via Tom and perhaps Tom’s delight appeared in him as an adult. He could never forget Tom Pat and his affect on him. Grandma Richardson who was not anybodys grandma at all, but a grandma to everybody, had big effect on Tom Patrick and vica verse. The trust between Tom and the young boy was evitable. It grew out of Grandma Richardson’s obvious affection for Tom Pat. In the other hand Tom Patrick made Grandma Richardson feel young. „Time and time again I saw her become become lovely in the presence of Tom Pat.