I really enjoyed reading this short story, it was amazing how this story was developed and I never expected its ending. It also made me feel anguish because the story was terrifying!
When I was reading I asked to myself , How has modernity affected our lives?
Modernity has developed a lack of good life conditions, for instance it is not healthy work too many hour per day or work isolated. However some people accept those conditions in order to “improve” their life. But that improvement is just an illusion due to the fact, they waste all their energy trying to earn more money working more hours. For that reason mental diseases are related to these work conditions. The signal man was mentally disturbed, he saw a ghost in the railway, as a result of working alone in a small box. Nowadays people suffer stress, depression or panic crisis. Having those diseases, they couldn’t work for the reason that they are completely disabled for the society.
I believe that the ghost that the signal man saw wanted that he stops and reflects on what he was doing- in his life. It’s the same when we suffer stress, which is a sing that tells us stop, take your time and think about everything in your live.
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Good ideas!!!
Now, are you sure the ghost was the result of stress or it was a way to show how distant from society the man felt?
Take care,
Claudia
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