In the short stories of "A Dream of Stars", there is often recurring themes. One of the things that Brian Caswell uses in these stories is self-esteem. Brian Caswell repeats this in most of the stories in "a Dream of Stars".
In the story "Freeze" there is a Character called Simon. He doesn't receive much attention from his parents and he likes to receive a lot of attention. When he is a young child, Simon finds out that he has a very special power; his power is that he can freeze things and people. Simon has very low self esteem because he does not receive any of the attention that he wou…