Going After Cacciato- “All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers." -Orson Swett Marden The dictionary defines a daydream as pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imaginations. We all are guilty of daydreaming. We do it during a long, boring lecture or even during a sermon at church. We envision ourselves being somewhere else then they place we must be. Some use it as an escape from the unpleasant place they …showed first 75 words of 1212 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1212 total…night and a city full of sirens-just a cartoon-be he made himself believe”(244). This is another example of how Berlin always kept the story going because he valued being able to imagine a better life. In conclusion, Cacciato was not just another character in a story. Cacciato was not just a figment of Berlin’s imagination. Cacciato was Berlin’s hope. He gave Berlin the moment to imagine a life beyond what he ever expected.