"The Lost Child" by Mulk Raj Anand Summary: "The Lost Child" is a short story about a young boy who goes to a village fair with his parents . He is very excited and enjoys looking at all the colourful stalls, sweets, toys, and rides . As they walk through the fair, he asks his parents to buy him a toy, sweets, and a ride on the roundabout , but they gently refuse and tell him to keep walking. The boy gets distracted by the roundabout and, without realizing it, loses his parents in the crowd. When he turns around to call them, they are nowhere to be seen . He feels scared and starts crying . He runs in different directions, calling for his "Mother! Father!" , but he cannot find them. A kind man in the crowd sees the crying child and tries to comfort him . The man offers to buy him toys, sweets, and take him on a ride , but the boy refuses everything . The only thing he wants is his parents . The story shows the innocence of childhood and...
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor This story is about Julian , a young man, and his mother , who live in the American South during the time of racial integration. Julian has finished college but does not have a good job. He is frustrated with his mother, who is old-fashioned and still holds racist beliefs. One evening, Julian takes his mother on the bus to her exercise class. She does not like how society is changing, but Julian believes in equality. On the bus, they meet both white and Black passengers. Julian hopes his mother will learn a lesson about race, but she continues to act superior. When they get off the bus, Julian’s mother tries to give a coin to a Black child , just like she used to do with poor white children. The child’s mother, a large Black woman wearing the same type of hat as Julian’s mother , gets angry and hits her . Shocked, Julian’s mother becomes confused and has a stroke . Julian watches in horror as his mother c...