The Colourful life of Callum Mccall analysis by Jinwoo
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Jinwoo An
The Colorful life of Calum Mccall
Synopsis
- Calum McCall as a child saw colors
- As an adult, now he can't see them anymore
Synopsis
Theme
Main theme of the story
Losing the wonder and innocence of childhood while growing up and becoming an adult
Symbolism: Color
- Color x literal meaning o figurative meaning
- Color = enjoyment, happiness, innocence
Symbolism
Calum Mccall
Character Analysis
Calum's Baby
Childhood Memories
Birth
Girlfriend
The Colorful Pill
Childhood memories
Every so often he tried asking his parents: 'What has happened to the multicolored suns that used to bounce across the sky, and to the colors that trailed after like rain?'
Childhood memories
The girlfriend who gave color
The girlfriend who gave color
“When he fell in love for the first time he told the girl — she was called Alice — that her kisses brought back all the colors he had known so early on, and which were now faded almost to nothing in his memory”
His baby pointing at the sky
His baby pointing at the sky
“One day his baby son pointed at the sky and gurgled with pleasure. Calum followed the pointing finger, but could see nothing particularly special up there - nothing that was visible to him, anyway.”
The Colorful Pill
The colorful pill
“Now that he was in a position of responsibility, he could not afford to turn up at his office disheveled with lack of sleep, not among his ambitious colleagues. His doctor gave him a packet of brightly colored pills.”