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…