Connections
At first I thought there was no real connection between these seemingly independent stories. But I've notice a theme of paralysis throughout each one. In the first story the narrators friend the priest was paralyzed near the end of his life. This set up a metaphorical paralysis for the other characters in the different short stories. There lives maybe not so great and when presented with an opportunity to change their situation they freeze and don't act. They are all for the most part very passive characters they let life happen and just observe.







