The Walking Sticks
Publication(s)
- First publication
- Taps and Sighs, 1999
- Wolfe collection(s)
Wolfe's comments from the Introduction to Innocents Aboard
There were no comments on this story in the introduction.
Summary
A man receives a box containing the walking sticks of Dr. Jekyll, and becomes a new Mr. Hyde.
Analysis
It is difficult to make a consistent chronology from what the narrator tells us, which indicates that he is lying.
- Sources of quotes
- Meanings of names
- References to other works
- Theories about what happens under the surface, what the narrator isn't telling us, who the narrator is and when and why s/he is telling the story, what the whole thing "means," etc.
If there are multiple or competing theories, each one should be given a name with a three-bang (!!!) header; if the page begins to get out-of-hand from the size of these, as could happen in a few cases, they should be shuffled off to their own page(s). - Etc.
Unresolved Questions
- Was it A or was it B, or was it X or Z?
- Was it he or was it she, or was it you or me?
- Who dunnit?
- Did the Star Child really start WWIII at the end of 2001?