in the physical sense, but also the abstract. Andy remembers the first time she sees the ocean, “it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (352). To Andy, the ocean represents her as a woman, but also it describes life in general. A young girl such as Andy may not be able to conceptualize life. It scares her because it is so big and unknown, and yet she realizes that it is constantly changing. She too is changing, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. “…All around her roared the mocking of the terrible, inevitable, sea” (360). As much as Andy resisted the change, it was certain. Just as Andy’s body is constantly in motion of change, so is her life and so will it always be. In “Doe Season,” David Michael Kaplain successfully uses the moving images of light, blood, and the ocean to represent the prevalent changefulness of life and the maturity of one girl into womanhood. Even though, like Andy, one may not want to change, the author proved it is impossible to escape that intrinsic feature of life. ...
