As her feet beat the concrete ground beneath them, her chest began to ache. It had been a long time since she had run at a full sprint. She was, quite literally, running for her life, and leaving everything she had known before behind. Regardless of her past experiences, here she was, blindly following a girl, who was virtually a stranger, because she had promised to lead Eleanor to safety. Ross Caligiuri
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In this short story by Alice Hoffman, a girl runs from her life as a prostitute because she has been involved in a murder. She runs from the police, from her boyfriend, from her past, and from those who would hold her back. In this story, we see a girl run blindly into a future she cannot see because she has been blindsided by the fear of the unknown. The girl is willing to leave everything behind because she is willing to leave her past behind.

The girl’s decision to run blindfolded shows the blindfolding of one’s past that comes from following blindly into a future that is unknown. This definition further emphasizes that running blindly into the future takes no thought at all because it is not something that one can see coming.

Source: Dreaming In The Shadows

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