Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer
In the final paragraph of Once Upon a Time, readers witness the gruesome outcome of the family's over protective ways. Whereas the defensive coils were to be used as protection, they ultimately lead to mass destruction and potential death. The young boy, on his quest to save the princess, bravely entered into the shinning coil tunnel, only to face the horrors of reality. "With the first fixing of its razor-teeth in his knees and hands and head he screamed and struggled deeper into its tangle,"(Gordimer, 236). The boy entered in as am ambitious child and was hacked out as an "it". This last paragraph does a fair job of emphasizing the main theme of the short story. This theme being, that living in fear leads to no life at all. If a person or multiple people live in such a great deal of fear that it interferes with their daily livelihood, their drive for life will subside along with there ability to live freely. It is impossible to abstain from every source of fear or harm , therefore, it is important to keep on living. Rather than hiding beauty behind walls and fences, it is more essential to embrace life and the fears that comes along with it.
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