In the short story collection: Summer Lightning by Olive Senior, the child is a major device for analyzing the society which disrupts and destroys its world. Discuss using at least 3 stories.

"The child's eye view is not childlike. It is a clear vision through which the irrationalities of adults [and] the inequities in society ... are expressed." Olive Senior, in her collection of short stories Summer Lightning, uses child protagonists to highlight and criticize many aspects of the society they are raised in, and the destructive quality these have on the innocent world of the child. In 'Love Orange', Senior uses symbolism to highlight the tragedy of …

…negative affect on society. However, in the final story analyzed: 'Confirmation Day', the young girl in contradiction to the other two protagonists, has been salvaged in order for Senior to make her input upon conventional religious views showing that religion and God should be treated not as fearsome and rigid but instead as empowering. Thus, in Summer Lightning, the child is indeed a major device for analyzing the society which disrupts and destroys its world.