The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu — Review

The story “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu is about the relationship between the parents and children, the love of a mother for her son, and about childish cruelty and selfishness.

The story includes descriptions of paper animals which can remind readers of a fairy tale.

The story is told from the perspective of an adult son. As a child, of course, he loved his mother very much and was close to her, but in his rebellious adolescence he moved away from her and only after many years was able to understand what pain he caused her ...




Here is the link to the text of the story:

https://psv4.userapi.com/c237231/u500001729/docs/d45/fc55072e7f08/The-Paper-Menagerie_by_Ken_Liu.pdf?extra=6shNJ-OPBXX07Wv7zEcxcTHf_Q-aaBW4qejqNHv5y0DuAFvxXsCZYHyggGiV0ZpkzIvT4Yp_GJyeyNsFDTbwE4ugxbTS9rWLkhGk7xjMPnryQuyxCUILhGsB3Nw6_S6EQgvm1sn-tpcHDzk1lc4b0xBQZA

The old man by Daphne Du Maurier — Review

The old man by Daphne Du Maurier belongs to the genre of mystery stories. The family lives near the lake, father and mother, in love with each other and three daughters and a strange son.

The father is the real head of the family: strict, proud and even majestic. One day, they decide to send their children to a new life.

Du Maurier writes in such a way that we don’t know until the very end, the tension during the story rises gradually.



Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://readsonlinebook.com/the_birds_and_other_stories/26

The Enormous Radio by John Cheever — Review

The short story “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever tells about the ordinary family who lives on the 12th floor of an apartment building. One day, the radio in their apartment breaks down and they decide to purchase a new, experimental model of the radio.

To their surprise when, instead of music, they hear the conversations of their neighbors from the speakers … The story is written with a little humor and with a lot of sadness.



This is a link to the text of the story:
https://tnsatlanta.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Enormous-Radio-Cheever.pdf

Dummy by Susan Sontag — Review

The short story “Dummy” by Susan Sontag presents a genre of anti utopian prose.

This fable-like story is about a Manhattan office worker who finds the monotonous way of his life so intolerable. He decides to substitute everyday routine with something new and creates a robot.



This is a link to the text of the story:
https://psv4.userapi.com/c536132/u500001729/docs/d23/f6a9eb8de9f4/Dummy.pdf?extra=oboBtZYOVpcScksgBM1Qxwrpfmz1b6Z65EHg4iJSxPib4PSyLqRfrHIJB80UhO1yZbVKM4xc1N5L6Ud-zBHWnF8ATaggY-Hzg3g87PFIrcXBJuZRez_SOQs_FWtYQSuyObjhTKzLUOd864_Rv0Tmu-bBJw

The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck — Review

“The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is a short story about an unhappy woman who is fond of growing chrysanthemums. She is proud of her chrysanthemums, but her family life is not in order.

Eliza is ready to tell everyone she meets about her hobby, which a wandering grinder uses to earn some extra money.



This is a link to the text of the story:
https://literaryfictions.com/fiction-1/the-chrysanthemums-by-john-steinbeck-2/