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What Is The Theme Of Sleep By Tom Carver

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I think this story encompasses both survival and sadness. At the beginning of the story, it seems like the sleep is just for survival and nothing else. Though, by the end of the story it is evident that Al is using the sleep so he does not have to deal with his problems. It is evident that the town has this same feeling too by the end of the story. The first clue that Al is trying to evade his problems is when the narrator brings up the fact that his wife died. Not only did his wife die, but Al believes winter killed her as much the drunk driver. Or at least that is what the narrator believes when she writers “the weather killed her as much as Reggie had.” At first the town is not okay with his scheme but some of the town people go to sleep
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