1. Seeking and Maintaining Balance
... fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will allow the characters to withstand the outer world, a world awash with dangers to personal fulfillment and identity. Another question arises when considering the two novels: does ... up Poverty's mangled lunch, dusted off a chapati which had slipped out of the trampled bag, and went his way. In all of this, was there a lesson for me? To trim my expectations and reactions to things, trim them down to the proper proportions? (187) The collection's final story, "Swi...
- Word Count: 4673
- Approx Pages: 19
- Grade Level: Undergraduate
