Talk:The Crossing/@comment-25021327-20140802231332

I liked this short, and somewhat brutal story. It lends itself to a variety of interpretations, stemming from the "American Dream" conclusion. You mentioned about the immigration meaning, which is a nice literal interpretation.

While reading I was occasionally imagining the narrator being some sort of working class person who was beaten down, but still trying to make good on the promises he felt he made to his family. A sort of pride drives him to live in a daily grind that is literally killing him

I was also thinking of some kind of business type person who is desperately trying to get ahead in life at any cost. Doing this under the guise of providing for his loved ones, yet in reality is simply a selfish, and power/money hungry individual, trying to justify his actions by the "wounds" he bears.

Maybe I'm thinking too much into this, haha. In any case, I liked it!