Saturday Climbing Wd Valgardson Analysis

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In Saturday Climbing, W.D. Valgardson uses the setting of the story to represent the relationship between Moira and Barry. Early in the story, Barry begins to struggle climbing the cliff. Valgardson describes Barry as suffering from vertigo and the cliff feeling like it's swaying as in an earthquake and just like his relationship with his daughter Moira, Barry is afraid of not knowing what to do and failing. Being right frightened him even more. If she said that’s right I’m smoking dope, six joints a day, and sniffing coke and participant in orgies,” he wouldn’t know what to do. Barry suffering from vertigo, the cliff swaying demonstrates Barry’s fear failing with climbing and with his relationship with his daughter Moira.

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