The Cranes :: Literary Analysis, Peter Meinke

The Cranes by Peter Meinke appears to be a simple bop story about an old brace reminiscing about their life, but with a encompassing(prenominal) look the story reveals a darker component of love. The story follows an old couples stop at the disconnectedness to watch approximately birds. While they argon watching the birds they spot two whooping cranes. Throughout their conversation and observation of the birds Meinke reveals details that the couples and the cranes share in common. Thus, the pair of whooping cranes viewed by the couple in story symbolizes twain their crotchet, eternal love, and their last moments together. The couple in the story is a couple that has been together a long beat and persevered with life together. When they first check into the whooping cranes the husband says they are rare, not many left (196). This is the point in the story where the first connection between the couple and the cranes are made. The rarity of the cranes symbolizes the rarity of the couples relationship. Although they have started developing anomalies in their health, with the husband he cant smoke, cant drink martinis, no coffee, no candy (197) they are still able to laugh with all(prenominal) some other and appreciate natures beauty. Their relationship is a true oddity filled with perdurable love. However this abiding love for whooping cranes has caused some problems for the species. The whooping cranes are almost extinct this reveals a problem of the couple. The rare love that they have is almost extinct as well. The wife worries about her children because the kids never write (197). This reveals the communication gap between the two generations, as well as the assorted values between the generations. These different values are a factor into the extinction of true love. Another similarity between the whooping cranes and the couple is true, lasting love. The whooping cranes mate for life and live a long time (197), which is a rare trait in the animal kingdom. The commitment the cranes have with each other mirrors the couples commitment to each other having remained with each other through all those years. Even with hardships in the relationships, they endured and stayed together man some couples may have abandoned up on the relationship. Although their love has endured through many years, it has come to an end in the story. All throughout the story the couple is reminiscing about their life and while they are there are some odd details that are strewn throughout.The Cranes Literary Analysis, Peter MeinkeThe Cranes by Peter Meinke appears to be a simple love story about an old couple reminiscing about their life, but with a closer look the story reveals a darker component of love. The story follows an old couples stop at the Gulf to watch some birds. While they are watching the birds they spot two whooping cranes. Throughout their conversation and observation of the birds Meinke reveals details that the couples and t he cranes share in common. Thus, the pair of whooping cranes viewed by the couple in story symbolizes both their rarity, eternal love, and their last moments together. The couple in the story is a couple that has been together a long time and persevered through life together. When they first see the whooping cranes the husband says they are rare, not many left (196). This is the point in the story where the first connection between the couple and the cranes are made. The rarity of the cranes symbolizes the rarity of the couples relationship. Although they have started developing anomalies in their health, with the husband he cant smoke, cant drink martinis, no coffee, no candy (197) they are still able to laugh with each other and appreciate natures beauty. Their relationship is a true oddity filled with lasting love. However this lasting love for whooping cranes has caused some problems for the species. The whooping cranes are almost extinct this reveals a problem of the couple . The rare love that they have is almost extinct as well. The wife worries about her children because the kids never write (197). This reveals the communication gap between the two generations, as well as the different values between the generations. These different values are a factor into the extinction of true love. Another similarity between the whooping cranes and the couple is true, lasting love. The whooping cranes mate for life and live a long time (197), which is a rare trait in the animal kingdom. The commitment the cranes have with each other mirrors the couples commitment to each other having remained with each other through all those years. Even with hardships in the relationships, they endured and stayed together while some couples may have given up on the relationship. Although their love has endured through many years, it has come to an end in the story. All throughout the story the couple is reminiscing about their life and while they are there are some odd detail s that are strewn throughout.