Her use of Shakespearean quotation and the heavy influences of the vignette format from novels such as Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman and The Prestige by Christopher Priest only encourage the notion of a unrealized obsession of adventure of mythic proportion. As I read further along in the novel, I learnt more and more about Erin Morgenstern’s hopes and dreams which are revealed with each passing chapter. A dream of finding a family that is nothing but accepting; a fantasy of being powerful enough to change her destiny; an unmet promise of discovering a all-consuming, requited love that can cheat fate. Dreams designed for the reader to relate to, and aim toward reaching, which is what I believe the book was created to do. Find dreamers like Erin Morgenstern and show them the tools she used to escape throughout her
Her use of Shakespearean quotation and the heavy influences of the vignette format from novels such as Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman and The Prestige by Christopher Priest only encourage the notion of a unrealized obsession of adventure of mythic proportion. As I read further along in the novel, I learnt more and more about Erin Morgenstern’s hopes and dreams which are revealed with each passing chapter. A dream of finding a family that is nothing but accepting; a fantasy of being powerful enough to change her destiny; an unmet promise of discovering a all-consuming, requited love that can cheat fate. Dreams designed for the reader to relate to, and aim toward reaching, which is what I believe the book was created to do. Find dreamers like Erin Morgenstern and show them the tools she used to escape throughout her