Things That Fly Douglas Coupland

One of a basic human trait that one must have have is, emotional courage.This trait helps with the idea of how one coups with the idea of long periods of separation.Whether this be from reality itself or a loved one.The role that emotional courage plays in an individual who is experiencing this separation is a large part of if they can withstand the idea of separation.Or if they crack under the idea of being alone and develop an need and a want to be with others constantly.In the short story Things that fly,By Douglas Coupland. The main character is experience an separation of oneself values cause him to become depressed and feel lonely. In the short story A drowning our character seems to be lost in his own world when face to face with the death of someone. The characters separation form the situation in itself shows how dangerous separation can be.

It's obvious that our nariorator has gone through crisis of some sort.He makes comments like “in spite of everything that has happened in my life”,this leads us to believe that our narrator has been through some stuff lately.He finally has enough of the stif silent air in his home and decides to go to his parents house.He notices that his mother and his father are walking on eggshells around him because they knew what had happened. He separates himself from them in the guest room. The narrator is given almost a sense of inner peace when he sees a flying V of canadian geese. “It was so peaceful to see so many birds flying- to see all these things in our world can fly”The narrator separates himself from society to find the good in the