The Leap

"The Leap" is a fitting title because it symbolizes both literal and metaphorical leaps in the story. The protagonist's mother makes physical leaps as an acrobat, but she also takes emotional and...

The story "The Leap" illustrates several significant problems, including the narrator's mother's survival of a trapeze accident, her husband's death, and a house fire from which her mother rescues...

In "The Leap," both leaps by Anna are desperate, life-saving acts. The first occurs during a trapeze accident when a storm hits, and Anna leaps to save herself, although her unborn child is lost. The...