All that night he thought like boomerangs fly: an idea would shoot way off into the distance, all the way to a caravan in Hollywood and, for a moment, when he had got as far away from school and reality as it was possible to go, he was reasonably happy; then it would begin the return journey, thump him on the head, and leave him in exactly the place he had started from. And all the time it got nearer and nearer to the morning.
The protagonist spends the night lost in thought, imagining distant possibilities, such as glamorous lives in places like Hollywood. For brief moments, he experiences a sense of happiness as he escapes from the weight of school and reality. This wandering of the mind offers a fleeting sense of freedom and contentment.
However, the reprieve is short-lived, as these thoughts inevitably return to him, bringing him back to the harshness of his current situation. As dawn approaches, the balance between the joy found in fantasy and the disappointment of reality becomes increasingly apparent, leaving him in a cycle of hopeful dreaming and stark reality.
