The Thing In The Forrest: A Brief Analysis

In the Thing in the Forrest two little girls, Penny and Primrose became friends with one another while being sent away to a foster home. Both were scared and afraid of what the outcome of their futures would be, but both vowed to keep by each other’s side no matter what happened to either one of them. On a day they would never forget; Penny and Primrose was playing and decided to go in the woods. There they encountered a scary monstrous thing that would leave them scared for years. Penny, who later became a psychologist that studied the development of psychology and primrose later becoming a story teller for children, both remembered the monstrous thing and decided to question what it was. When Penny and Primrose decided to question what the monster was they were able to discover that it was only a figment of their imagination. Penny was able to let go of the pain and suffering the monster put her through, because she knew from studying psychology that it was only in her mind. She was scared of the outcome for her future because she did not know where her future would lead her. Primrose on the other hand was not able to let go of that pain the monster put her through because she did not understand where or what it was trying to do. Penny understood that when a person is scared they tend to create a false fantasy or nightmare.
The symbolism in their encounter must have been their fears in their imagination coming out and scaring them, because they did not know how to handle the change they were facing in their lives. In the end Penny let go of the fears that were troubling her. Primrose did not know how to let go of those fears, so she chose to let them bother her, without looking for closure. Reading this can set an example for all readers to never let the fear of a past event hold you back from the unexpected future. Do not look back, look