Theme Of The Elevator By William Sleater

Personally, I have had issues in an elevator before. Whenever I had my heart surgery, I rode on the glass elevator. I was afraid of falling out on the ground because I wasn't sure it was glass. Martin was afraid to ride on the elevator in the fictional short story called The Elevator by William Sleater. The theme of the story is “it is better to face your fear.” I think it is good to face your fears so you don't have to be afraid anymore. The setting of the story is the apartment on the 17th, in an old, run-down store with an elevator that is small, damp, and dirty. It had dark walls with only one dim light. The main characters of the story are Martin, the fat lady, and his dad. The conflict in the story is between Martin and his dad;
who says he's weak and incapable of doing things; Martin and the fat lady, who stares at him on the elevator all the time; and Martin and himself because he thinks he is incapable too. In the details of the story, the fat lady is big with dirty clothes and has a piggish face she represent Martin’s fears. I do not like the story because it does not tell you about what happened to Martin. For example, I thought possibly that the fat lady was lonely and asking for a friend. She may have been staring because she was afraid of him and she was probably trying to decide whether he was going to hurt her. Now I will never know what happened.