![]() ![]() Perhaps the most important aspect of this ending is the fact that Asher turns around in the cab to see that his parents are still watching him out the apartment window. His future looks hazy and confusing and his past looks like one big disaster. In this instance, Asher feels the pain of leaving his parents and his world behind, and the uncertainty of having to be on his own for the first time in his life. In showing us his final interaction with his parents before leaving Brooklyn for good, the ending of the book yanks at our heartstrings, and for a good reason: good endings are supposed to make us feel something. But when his artwork is difficult for other members of the community to accept, he's got to break free and deal with the fact that he's an individual who must strike out on his lonesome-especially if he wants to be an artist. All his life, Asher has depended on his community to make him feel included and whole. The ending emphasizes one of the book's themes, which is the struggle between individual and community. My parents were still watching me through our living room window. I turned in my seat and looked out the rear window of the cab. My parents stood framed in the living-room window. The ending is pretty tragic, because it's basically Asher being cast out of his community and shunned by his parents. ![]()
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