1. A Synopsis of Lasting Themes Found in "The Child by Tiger"
A Synopsis of Lasting Themes Found in "The Child by Tiger" In Thomas Wolfe's carefully constructed short story, "The Child by Tiger," excerpts from William Blake's poem "Tiger" and the King James Bible enrich the central themes of the plot. ... The vivid words of Blake's poem are put to work as underlying themes in "The Child by Tiger," including images of darkness, shadows, fear, and the fire-like burn of the tiger's eye that haunts the rest of the plot. ... It can thus be gathered that the tiger illustrated in Blake's poem is symbolic of Dick. ... Night, darkn...
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