A thousand years from now a whole township of my offspring will be biting sour apples in the gumwood shade. However, Bradbury skillfully and sympathetically gives readers insights into the minds of both children and adults, finding value in all stages of life. Adults seem to have completely forgotten their childhood experiences, so they view life differently. What he means is that adults and kids have no concept of what it feels like to be the other.
One isn't formed from the other they're separate beings. Tom concludes that adults and children are distinct from one another. Separate races, and never the twain shall meet. The reason why grownups and kids fight is because they belong to separate races.
This is paralleled in the memories of Helen Loomis and Colonel Freeleigh, who lived fully and richly and internalized those experiences to be able to one day share them with others. He realizes that his memory is his own personal way of preserving an experience for all time. As he lays on his back, he is soaking in the full sensory experience of the moment. While he writes down many of his experiences to memorialize them, he doesn't do this with every one. 31įor Douglas, his nostalgia often comes in the form of routine. You can love the warmth and sun of summer only if you've survived the harsh cold of winter before.ĭouglas sprawled back on the dry porch planks, completely contented and reassured by these voices, which would speak on through eternity, flow in a stream of murmurings over his body, over his eyelids, into his drowsy ears, for all time. He understands that seasonality is important to fully appreciate each and every experience because they build off of one another.
To him, summer is most enjoyable because he has endured the long winter preceding it.
20ĭouglas knows the value of seasons because he has experienced them. Well, he felt sorry for boys who lived in California where they wore tennis shoes all year and never knew what it was to get winter off your feet.
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