The Daffodil Sky | Themes
Time
Given the movement between the events of the past and the present, time and its passage must be counted among the most significant themes in ‘‘The Daffodil Sky.’’ The story’s treatment of time suggests that past errors must be accepted and cannot be forgotten. For the protagonist, past dreams of success and love are not distant memories. Indeed, he remembers his past ‘‘as if, in the way the barman said, it had been a minute ago.’’ Nonetheless, even if he is able to travel back in his mind, the protagonist is always separated from the past by the effects of his...
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