The play begins when the kids are 12 year olds in grade school. It is an age when the imaginations of children are still ripe, but an age as well when the things of the world begin to take hold in a new way. This is seen through the opening scene as the boys are looking at nude pictures of women. In fact, the point is furthered when we see that the majority of the action between the boys and girls has to do with "you like him" or "you like her". We see that at this pivotal age, the kids are being focused towards their dreams, which is represented in Daniel, or they have their eyes on the opposite sex.
Moving the action to twenty years, the play depicts the result of their lives from decades prior. Daniel has become a decorated flier, but he doesn't understand the realities of love and relationship, everything is still only about him and what he wants without real thought to others. And, while there is great beauty in someone who is able to dream and make that dream become reality, there is also beauty in someone being able to live their life in connection to another human being in relationship with them; which is seen in Richard and Alice's relationship.
The play ends with Daniel's death and the window flies open and wind chimes are heard. It is the sound of his spirit leaving him. The surrealistic ending represents that Daniel is a soul that is bound to fly, and neither life nor death can change that; he was always meant to leave the ground while Richard and Alice remained firmly attached to it. This represents the different aspects of dreams and how the come to fruition in the world, in someone being grounded by them, or given flight by them.
