The night sky

The night sky represents, for Waldo, freedom from his repressive and troubled home life. He takes an active interest in constellations and learning about stars, which Shenkman, his father, denounces as meaningless, simply Waldo living in a dream world of his own creation. Waldo talks to Ben about his love for the night sky and expresses that he loves its vastness, as it forces him to place his own life in a different context as a result. Some of this love rubs off on Ben when Waldo shows him the night sky across the world. The stars are talked about as a magical entity that connect life in ways that humanity might not be able to perceive.

Rowing

Rowing, for Shenkman, represents his youth, a time when his life wasn't full of the domestic disappointment that he finds omnipresent now. Shenkman claims to love...