Analysis Of 1, 000 Years (Life After God By Douglas Coupland

1,000 Years (Life After God)
In Denmark, like many other Protestant Christian countries, the children get the opportunity to get confirmed in the Christianity belief. But is it reasonable for a young child, to make such a choice in a young age. We live in a society where religion does not have a big influence on our everyday life.
The short story 1,000 Years from the short story collection Life After God written by Douglas Coupland, is a story about a boy who are in state of flux, because he cannot figure out, which and how he wants to be settled with religion.

The short story has a characteristic structure. You can separate the short story in to 3 sections. In the beginning of the short story, the main character is Jehovah’s witness. That is illustrated in the text, when the main character and his friends are skinny dipping in the swimming pool, and he give his friends nicknames. This is

An example of that is: “sometimes we would join hands and form a ring like astronauts in space (…)” (s. 85 l. 19-20).
The writer uses imagery, because he wants to let the readers into his mind. By describing the scene for the readers, makes the readers fell like they were there. Therefore, it gives us a better ability to emphasize with him.

The theme of the story is postmodern existentialism because the main character is in state of flux. He cannot figure out, which religion he wants to convent to. You can sense the feeling of him not being settled, and for not really knowing which and how to be. An example of that is: “Perhaps this is the finest thing to which we may aspire, the life of peace, the blurring between dream life and real life – and yet I find myself speaking these word with a sense of doubt” (s. 86 l. 6-9). By the use of the words “perhaps” and “doubt”, there are both words who shows the readers doubtfulness. That gives us a feeling of, that he is in flux, and do not really know who and how he wants to