Summary
One day, a young man made friends with a strange creature at the beach. It was lost but everyone else was indifferent to it. The man decided to find the creature the place where it belongs. Finally, the creature could return his home.
Setting
time: modern times or near future, place: a town near the beach in Australia
Conflict
person vs. society
Climax
When he decided not to leave the thing in the gray building
Symbol
the strange creature: wonderful things that we don't notice
the gray building: an exaggerated belief in efficiency
the world the lost thing belongs: the world looked from different points of view
Irony
Even the young man became too busy to notice the creatures after all.
Theme
These days, we might be too indivisualistic and indifference to other people and things although there are many interesting things around us. We should not lose curiosity and imagination at anytime.
