What Is The Theme Of Shouting At Cars By Adam Marek

Throughout our whole life we experience situations, where we feel different; where we feel like we do not fit in; where we feel victimized by prejudice. Understandably we would rather be without these situations, but how do we make a change so that every-body will be accepted for being themselves? And how do we react to the differences of other people? This is what is brought into focus in the short story ‘’Shouting at Cars’’ by Adam Marek in 2013.
The story is set in a fictional world, which can be seen by the fact that it includes a giant troll living under a bridge. Besides the troll, it seems that the story could take place in the real world; they celebrate Christmas, attend to school, uses taxis as well as the fact that there are law enforcement authorities such as the police. Furthermore, the story is set in a city, where there are buildings; libraries, museums, stores and so on, and traffic, which clearly indicates that the story takes place in recent times. The troll adds a mysti-cal and scary atmosphere to the story; it is described as huge, stinky and not well look-ing (p.1, l. 42), and both the main character and its family are all extremely scared of it and nervous, when arriving with a hamper: ‘’By now, we were all

It was a thing the main character and the troll had together: to shout at cars; the ignorant society driving by. It was a way of blaming society and give vent to their feelings, so when he dies, the main character shouts one last time: ‘’I crowed till my throat was sore and my tongue felt like someone else’s in my mouth. I crowed till a silver coin came flying over the edge of the bridge […]’’ (p. 3, ll. 137-138). That silver coin should be seen upon as a sign of hope and as a small reward of the fact that the main character has made a difference for the better by being open and not like the rest of