The Airport, the Pizzeria, the Motel, the Rented Car, and the Mysteries of Life – Freudian

     In the abbreviated Mysteries of Life, there are no common gaps or silences, that are directed toward the audience. There is one instance, where the main male character ‘milled around’ and repeated ‘ahem’, appearing to be avoiding what he actually wants to say to his ex-wife. There aren’t any themes or thoughts the author avoids in the text, aside from not mentioning or introducing how or why this ex-couple is back together again.

     There are no dreams for either of the main characters within the text. There are no hallucinations or dream sequences, or even day dreams. Both characters, from what the reader can tell, are both fully present in the moment throughout the story.

     Both of the couple are parents to the same daughter, but the father is not around; he ‘hasn’t seen her since birth’. Therefore, there is no strong, or any, bond between father and daughter.     The author doesn’t allude to whether or not there is a close mother-daughter bond or not, but the reader can hazard a guess that there is, as generally there would be if it was just the mother and child living and surviving together on their own. The text also doesn’t allude to whether or not the child has another father figure in their life. The Mysteries of Life doesn’t fit into, or abide by Freudian theory.