"Jack notices that the wood is half its old tan color and half a new white color, and that he himself feels equally caught in a sort of limbo. Jack explains that the house’s woodwork—“moldings and rails an baseboards”—feels like a cage surrounding him, and that although he knows Clare is in the cage with him, he has no desire to make any kind of connection with her."
Whats the meaning of this line from the story 'Should Wizard HIt Mommy?'
Solution:
Like the woodwork in his living room, Jack feels caught in a liminal space, between his present unhappiness and resentment in an unfulfilling marriage and the future promise of more children and more confining responsibilities. As Clare paints, she is also building the cage around him. While he understands that she is also limited by their life together, he sees her primarily as his tormenter and not his ally.
Like the woodwork in his living room, Jack feels caught in a liminal space, between his present unhappiness and resentment in an unfulfilling marriage and the future promise of more children and more confining responsibilities. As Clare paints, she is also building the cage around him. While he understands that she is also limited by their life together, he sees her primarily as his tormenter and not his ally.