It is a very warm day in March. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. I am sitting on the porch of my house in Florida, enjoying the breeze. I am surrounded by palm trees and other tropical plants. I am wearing a white dress and a scarf around my head to protect …
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor is a short story about a family’s vacation gone wrong. The father, who is unnamed, is a pompous, self-centered man who is more concerned with himself than with his wife and children. He insists on going to Florida for vacation, even though his wife doesn’t …
‘He that increaseth knowledge; increaseth sorrow’ or in simple terms it’s often said that ‘knowledge is a curse’. Daniel Keyes in his best-known work ‘Flowers for Algernon’ lucidly portrayed humans’ undying urge to evolve themselves intellectually and how that intellect drives men to their deterioration. Flowers for Algernon is originally a short story and later …
