Essay Review - The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall 

HG Wells

Published in 1911

A written account of a man's encounters with an enchanted door throughout his life - as told by his friend, whom he confided. Wallace is 5 years old the first time he encounters the  green door, it is also the only time he enters the door. Finding within the door an enchanted garden; filled with animals and playmates, it is a perfect world. After a single magical day he is sent home. Over the course of his life the door returns multiple times, always requiring he sacrifice some importance of the "grey" world to enter the green door. The speakers attempt to explain and our narrators attempt to understand are what really brought me to this piece. I first read it in 2012. It is part of : Adventures in English Literature - Athena Addition, a textbook that I got in high-school.

The novels along the margin fallow this theme of not just a doorway to another world or realm but having to choose between the two. If you can think of more novels please comment below.