the postman poem summary
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The Plot
(CRITICAL SURVEY OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY)
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Five descriptions of the life-and-death struggle for survival between Earth and Ocean introduce and divide this four-part story concerning the parallel human struggle. The first two of the four parts appeared earlier in slightly different form, “The Postman” in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in November of 1982 and “The Cyclops” in the same publication in March of 1984.
Three characters—Gordon Krantz, Dena Spurgen, and George Powhatan—struggle against a survivalist named General Macklin. The central character, Krantz, is an idealistic wanderer who performs plays in villages of Oregon and yearns for someone to take responsibility for restoring civilization in a land of disease, hunger, brutality, and desperation. After bandits steal his possessions, Krantz finds an abandoned postal service jeep with the skeleton of the postal carrier in it. Seeking warmth during the night, Krantz shelters inside the jeep. In the morning, he borrows the postman’s clothing and a bag of letters as aids to survival.
The postal uniform, symbolizing reborn hope, initiates plot actions. Villagers fantasize that Krantz is a real mail carrier, a hero who can create new life. Unwilling to disillusion them, Krantz sells his scam for a restored America by playing the role of postal courier and federal inspector. Moving constantly to keep his hoax believable, he encounters various extremes of cruelty, apathy, fear, guilt, and love among people and local governments. In each town, Gordon’s personal meditations underline the way his deception modifies behavior and attracts followers. These reflections repeat his queries about the responsibility for leadership and for self-understanding of his lies.
Dena Spurgen, a feminist, works for Cyclops, a supercomputer myth. Later, she leads female Army scouts battling survivalists who want to take over the Willamette Valley. Spurgen’s belief that women’s lack of responsibility caused the holocaust generates a scheme to infiltrate and murder survivalists. Although their plan fails, the heroic deaths and defeat of the women create a widespread legend crucial to eventual success. Pressure by the women of his territory after they learn of the tragedy finally shames George Powhatan, an old farmer-warrior, into entering the conflict despite his earlier refusals to accept involvement and responsibility.
Postman poem summary:
This poem is a little girl talking to the postman about his magical letter that brings surprise.
In this poem, the child tells the postman to bring letter at garden gate where he'll wait for him. The child tells the postman to bring letter from the fairy. She thought that it would be a lovely thing to attend the party with a good frock.
She pleaded to him to bring the letter, if the fairy didn't send the letters. She asked postman to write the letter by himself and bring it in the name of fairy.