All I want to know why?

 ‘All I want to know why?’ a short story by Sherwood Anderson. The narrator is unnamed and crazy for horse. He stays in Kentucky and every time talking about horse. He gets up early morning and go to watch horse training.

One day he drunk cigarette and suffered from fever. His mother scolds him but father didn’t.  Henry Reback, a rich person, a friend of narrator. His father is a gambler. On his birthday he got bicycle, golden watch, shoes etc. The narrator said I don’t need these all from my father and indirectly we all need things from our parents.

Once narrator and his friend like; Henry Terner, Hanry Reback, Tom Tumberton and Bildad Johnson Went to Beckersville without asking parent to watch horse race. When they went to Baskerville at that time they have Bildad, a Negro he is taking care of all four. The narrator observe everything and he wish to be a Negro.

‘I wish I was a Nigro’

He thinks the white are always cheater and you can't trust them.

 There they enjoyed a lot. The narrator impressed by Jerry Tillford, a horse trainer. All know that Sunstreak will win the match and finally he worn. The narrator wants to stay close with Jerry Tillford and so he followed him at night. Jerry went into a house which was prohibited for children so narrator waited outside. Later on he heard some noise so he went near the window. He peeps up and found Jerry with prostitute. He felt guilt that what is the need of Jerry to do this all.

He was love to Sunstreak and he trained by Jerry so he like Jerry. After that incident he disappointed and thought why he has done this and that he wants to know why?

Sherwood described the father - son relation that son always want attention from father whether he scold or keep love. Narrator’s father didn’t say anything to him even he done a wrong thing. Sometimes he is doing such wrong things to get his father’s attention.

The narrator likes Sunstreak but there is no need to keep relation with trainer. We all have right to live own life. It just likes author and their work. If we like any work then we should not see it with the author. It is not that if we like work then we must like author or his/her other work. We should be judge individually.

The Last Leaf

Dreams are made to be followed.

Life is meant to be lived.

Some books are meant to be read,

Loved and passed on.

-          Panlo Coelho

A short story ‘The Last Leaf’ is written by O’ Henry. It is on psychology that mindsets convert illusion in reality. There is nothing in impossible in this world but mentality of people makes possible to impossible. If a person can depend on leaf which is duplicate than think about dream which is for follow.

Johnsy is suffering from pneumonia. She always seats near the window and looking outside. There is a tree whose leaves are falling one by one. Johnsy’s life is fully depending on that tree. She thinks when the last leaf drops she will too die. Her friend Sue worried about her mentality. She pursued her that it is illusion but Johnsy was not ready to believe.

Sue wants to save the life of Johnsy so she made a plan that she went to Behrman who lives below and he is a great painter. First he can’t believe but then he ready to draw a leaf

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As sleepless night however sue pursued to Johnsy that it is too late so she should sleep. After she went to bed Behrman starts creating leaf and before down he was successfully made a leaf which resemble as original.

Johncy thinks that because of storm leaf will drop and she will die but when she gets up at morning she found the leaf is still there so her mind is changed and slowly and steadily her health was repairing. She becomes healthy within few days.

The story is simple but its significance is too deep. If a person makes his/her mind in one point than it is too difficult to come out. Our life is depending on our mentality. Johnsy’s life was pessimistic but a artificial leaf works as significance way.

The dream should be high weather we reach or not is another thing but our wish and enthusiasm of doing leads to finish it.