Why does the novel begin and end with David's vision of a city?
The novel begins and ends with David's vision of a city because that city is Sealand. David is a very cerebral and powerful person, so when he dreamt, he didn't know what it was about, but I knew it was relevant. At the end of the novel he gets to Sealand and sees that it's just like the city he dreamt of, this allows the reader an explanation of his dreams and closure.
I believe this novel begins and ends with David's vision of a city because it is showing how powerful his powers are and the relevance of the dream in the beginning. like Lindsay said, it is giving a closure as to the symbolism of the dream. When he sees Sealand, he realizes what his dream meant and realized that there is something easier and better than living a lie.
I think the novel starts and ends with the picture of the novel because its conveying a symbol. The symbol is the strength and comfort that a city with such bewildering advancements can bring to such a primitive being such as David. It also shows how accurate his childhood dreams where to what actually excited and forshadowed him seeing in the future.
The author wrote it this way, using foreshadowing, because it conveys the theme that dreams can in fact come true. David dreamed of this city with horseless buggies, and large structures, and goes through many hardships and troubles to finally travel to this city. The city in his dream brings an image of progression and good structure.
I think the novel begins and ends with David's vision of a city because it's the city of his dreams. In the begining, he only had dreams of the beutiful city as he slept, but by the end of the novel, the beautiful city became reality. The city was perfection to him because they accepted him for who he was. He had these visions of the city because he knew one day there would be a better place for him. These dreams that he had when he was young proves that David had a strong power to sense the future. As the others had said, the author began and ended the novel like this, because he wanted to connect the story together.
The novel begins and ends with David's vision of a city. I think this is because the author would wanted to describe a world what he wants to through the book. Otherwise, i think it also can be a symbol of the world what people want to.
The novel begins and ends with David's vision of a city i think he is dreaming of cities.
because in the beginning of the book it described some of his dreams, the city seemed perfect to him because he was accepted in. Though they did not know of his deviation, and the more he found out the more he had to hide.
David begins and finishes the novel with a vision of a city, because that's how he sees it, and in the whole book the people of Waknuk are fighting so hard to be that city that's normal, and safe. He's just showing you his feel and views and what he's come to see.