The Door in the Wall

The main conflict facing Wallace is his struggle between the rational world and his imaginative fantasies. He is torn between his successful but unfulfilling life and the allure of a magical,...

Young Wallace sees the door in the wall a total of nine times throughout his life. Initially, he encounters it twice as a child—once stepping through it and once bypassing it. As a young adult, he...

Wallace's need for love and support during his childhood stemmed from a lack of parental attention and care. His mother died at his birth, and his father, a lawyer, was emotionally distant, leaving...

Wells uses Redmond to filter the character of Wallace to tell us about his private life. Redmond is a sympathetic friend and so we trust him to give us an honest opinion about Wallace, but he is...

The narrator, Redmond, and Lionel Wallace were schoolmates at St. Athelstan's, where they had a rivalry rather than a close friendship. While Wallace admired Redmond for his academic achievements,...

The protagonist, Lionel, does not open the door due to his practical and conformist nature, prioritizing responsibilities over imagination. He misses opportunities to enter the garden because of...

In "The Door in the Wall," Lionel Wallace encounters various beings in a magical garden. He meets two large spotted panthers, a friendly Capuchin monkey, a kind tall girl, children who play games,...

Wallace's belief in a magical garden profoundly affected his life, filling him with wonder and deep regret. Despite vivid memories of the garden from childhood, he repeatedly chose immediate goals...

Lionel Wallace, a character in "The Door in the Wall" by H.G. Wells, is a career politician on the verge of becoming a Cabinet Minister. He is thirty-nine years old and resides in West Kensington,...

Lionel feels a deep sense of shame and regret when he cannot find the door again in "The Door in the Wall." After sharing the secret of the mystical door with skeptical classmates, who then fail to...

Wallace prioritizes his job over the door because, as an adult, he focuses on career advancement rather than childhood fantasies. Although he longs to revisit the enchanted garden, he views his...

Wallace views the garden as an ideal escape from the mundane world, representing beauty and happiness that make worldly life seem dull. Despite his success in life, he yearns for the garden, which...

The narrator is surprised by Wallace's story in “The Door in the Wall” because it seems so fantastic, especially coming from such a successful man as Wallace.