American writer Truman Capote wrote the story “Miriam” at the age of 19.
According to the plot, an elderly woman, Miriam Miller, lives alone after the death of her husband. She gets insurance from this and it is enough to allow herself some excesses. For example, Miriam sometimes goes to the movies. For an elderly person, this is undoubtedly a nice form of entertainment.
During one such exit from the cinema, she meets a little girl at the box office who is richly dressed and even has a gold chain around her neck. The young girl introduces herself and it turns out that her name is also Miriam. She asks the elderly woman to buy her a ticket, as the girl has never been to the cinema before.
The story represents the theme of loneliness and egoism. Through the aspect of mysticism, the author expresses the fears of a child who sits inside all of us and brings us to tears and despair.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://literaryfictions.com/fiction-1/miriam-by-truman-capote/
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