Pattern - Killings

Another pattern that was apparent in the story, were the actual killings. Yes, it started with Frank, but the deaths were not limited to people. As mentioned in an earlier post, a critic claims the deaths in the story were also that of the future, hopes, and even dreams. If you include that aquisation then the pattern of killings becomes much deeper and complex in meaning. After the death of Frank, his parents' hopes and dreams of Frank's future also died. This would cause the tight-nit relationship between Frank's parents to also deminish.  It is a series of events, one leads to another. The pain of the parents causes Matt to seek revenge, and he did, which would end the life of Strout and his own future. It's a pattern of deaths of people, relationships, and ideals. When one person dies, many things go with him, and you can't get them back. Andre Dubus presents this pattern very descretly, but you can see it is there if you take the time to focus on and analyze the reactions of the characters. Death changes everything, and Dubus presented it that way.