Anderson shows the contrast between the innocent ideals of a young person and the reality. There is hard disappointment from the contact of these illusions and the reality described. We thing there’s also another important aspect described in the story. It’s the relation towards the black people. It is expressed by the attitude of the boy towards the “niggers.” It is apparently positive.
We have tried to describe two short stories. Somebody might not like the description in this essay, how it was done. We wanted here to express our view on discussed problem, and we know that it is subjective. Who won’t like our point of view should read these stories in the anthology and built own opinion. We believe we reached our aim of this essay, to make some remarks on the stories and to express our way of understanding these stories.
Used literature:
- Antologie americké literatury, SPN, Praha 1985
(discussed stories are on the pages 33-42 and 148-155 in the Antologie americké literatury).