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By: Louise Erdrich
- This symbolizes the actual leap that Anna took during her trapeze act and when saving the narrator from the burning house. With that being said, this leap also symbolizes how Anna leaped into being a wife and a mother after her failed trapeze act. "... not a fact I think about much even now that she is sightless," (pg.1)
- This symbolizes how Anna goes blind in the future. "... not a fact I think about much even now that she is sightless," (pg.1)
Anna - Anna is the narrator's mother and can be categorized as a risk taker with a sense of fearlessness. "It seems incredible that she would work high above the ground when any fall could be so dangerous" (pg.2) Anna also gives the perception of a "catlike" precision, which explains the result of her trapeze acts. As a character, she connects to the title by saving the narrator from a burning house and believing that leaping can always have an effect to a situation. "I didn't see her leap through the air, only heard the sudden thump and looked out my window." (pg.5)
The setting of the short story "The Leap" is presented through a series of flashbacks and takes place in the western region of New Hampshire. The characters live in the city in a very small community surrounded by hills. For the most part, it is sunny and warm around Anna's house.
The motif in this story is "I owe her my existence three times." (pg.1) This quote is the motif of this story because it gives the explaination of the narrator's grattitude towards their mother and shows their reaction to their mother using her survival instincts in life or death situations. "Then I wrapped my hands around my mother's hands. I felt the brush of her lips and heard the beat of her heart in my ears, loud as thunder, long as the roll of drums." (pg.5)