I totally agree with the Catcher in the Rye interpretation of the horses and the ring, it's dead-on, same for the wind in the willows toad and badger and the virgin figure. What I was wondering about though was "the river of doubt" in the beginning. I looked it up and all I found was that Teddy Roosevelt led an expedition down the previously unmapped "river of doubt" in Africa -- nearly losing his life -- in 1909. Roosevelt once said that "I am always willing to pay the piper when I have a good dance; and every now and then I like to drink the wine of life spiked with brandy in it." Perhaps an icon for us to attach to the "toad," Roosevelt's life is full of adventure -- consequences be damned.
I totally agree with the Catcher in the Rye interpretation of the horses and the ring, it's dead-on, same for the wind in the willows toad and badger and the virgin figure. What I was wondering about though was "the river of doubt" in the beginning. I looked it up and all I found was that Teddy Roosevelt led an expedition down the previously unmapped "river of doubt" in Africa -- nearly losing his life -- in 1909. Roosevelt once said that "I am always willing to pay the piper when I have a good dance; and every now and then I like to drink the wine of life spiked with brandy in it." Perhaps an icon for us to attach to the "toad," Roosevelt's life is full of adventure -- consequences be damned.