The Sandman

The strangeness of the story answers all the questions it has to present. For example, the fact that we are trying to decipher the real events from events that may have happened are irrelevant inquiries because "The Sandman" himself is a fictional entity according to Nathaniel's mother. Nathaniel only becomes interested in who the Sandman is after he learns of his reason of making an appearance. I feel as though the overall basis of the story is to give the reader a dream of a frightened child. I myself have had dreams where i've been another age, in a strange place, performing unnatural and uncanny actions etc. But there are significances to various events in the story.