Comments by Tristan Brashier Most recent public comments by Tristan Brashier https://nowcomment.com/users/24215 The climax of the story was when he was about to throw his fist into the glass of the window. He knew that the blow would either cause him to break the window into the infinite safety of his living room (pun most definitely intended), or falling to death. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568925 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568925 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:01:24 -0700 Tom realizes the he had been focusing all of his being on this project, and that he had been mostly neglecting his wife, preferring to scribble on the little sheet of paper that was now crumpled in his pocket. Now he's disappointed in himself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568924 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568924 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:54:57 -0700 The author was effectively assaulting reader's senses with the same fear and realization that Tom could die with the slightest mistake. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568893 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568893 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:44:42 -0700 At first, all he wanted to get was the paper, not at all thinking about anything else, when he suddenly realized himself near death. At that moment, all of his logical thinking and reasoning left and were replaced with irrational and instinctive fear. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568875 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568875 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:33:15 -0700 He sees himself from different perspectives, meaning that he is fully realizing the imminent peril that he is in. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568853 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568853 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:10:52 -0700 All of the wording and other things going on point to the fact that he could very clearly be dead in one misstep. The author uses wording to show the fact that he is literally shuffling along the edge of a building, off which he could fall at any moment. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568852 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568852 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:07:52 -0700 He very badly needed that sheet of paper, because it had countless hours of work scribbled on it, and he was not going to let a bit of danger stop him. He laughed at the silliness of the idea, and was reasoning that it really wasn't that dangerous. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568836 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568836 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:45:41 -0700 The author's heavily leaning on the fact that the yellow paper is 17 and 18, showing that the paper is either important to his project or that it is important to something else that is important to Tom. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568834 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568834 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:40:24 -0700 Tom is feeling like he did something wrong, and his conscience is beating him up about it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568832 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568832 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:34:47 -0700 Tom is distracted by the heat of the room, which is conjured by his guilty conscience. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568831 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59879?scroll_to=568831 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:31:41 -0700