Two short stories
...analysis, both authors successfully incite empathy for their protagonists and sympathy for their supposed antagonists. In so doing, they bring the hidden forces which govern relations to the forefront and, in so doing, sound a wake-up call regarding the importance of understanding and the potentially disastrous consequences of misunderstanding. These consequences are cross-economic and cross-racial tensions.... A short story may not, necessarily be exciting or even entertaining but, if it is successful, it will capture the attention of the reader for as longas it lasts and, more importantly, provoke him/her to consider the underlying meaning of that which they have just read. In brief, they draw...