The role of the chimera in "Firelight" and "Deep Kiss" is different for both, one is about living a different life and the other is rewriting the past (thesis).
In both of these stories the role of the chimera is similar, they both have this fake life.
The role of the chimera plays an important part in "Firelight" and "Deep Kiss" as fantasizing, peace, remembrance and guilt."
Even though he still sees other women throughout his life and gets married, but still ends up in thinking of what could of haven if he had stayed with Mary.
The role of the chimera in both stories is to give false comfort, validate obsession, and belonging.
Moreover, this comfort of the firelight gives the boy an escape from reality. An escape from the poverty and not-belonging he feels and faces each day.
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