|
I thought of the events happening which didn’t directly involve Doug as still being part of his story because they happened in his town. There is always a ripple effect after any major event, that would reach the children either directly or through the adults in the family. A good example of this was the fear of Doug and Tom’s mother when she took Tom with her to look for Doug.
I think Doug’s age was to mark the age Bradbury was in his last summer in the town before he moved with his family.
For me, there was an overarching “story” of Doug’s learning about life and death, about joy and loss, about actions and their consequences.
|