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The Fear  [A Psychological Story] Short Summary : This story deals with one aspect of human psychology. This story presents an incident of a man's life which shows how people generally behave when they get nervous, or when they get panicked (state of being scared). The main character of this story is Armando Gonzalez. His wife's name was Eva. He lived in the Maxico city. He was an economically weak person. He had a big family to look after. He himself, his wife, six children and a mother in law. He worked in a shoe shop. Eva also earned a little by taking care of children while their mothers worked outside. The greatest dream of Gonzalez and his wife was to have a house of their own. For this purpose they had saved some money (fifty thousand pesos)  little by little in the past twenty years  with a great labour and difficulty. One day he found a house fitted to his needs and within the limit of his budget. He talked and finalized the deal, and now he needed money for the ...

A Devoted Son [By : Anita Desai] [A Devoted Son] Introduction : This story is based on 'father-son relationship' in an Indian family. Dr. Rakesh, the devoted son of Mr. Varma, did every thing to keep his parents happy and satisfied. But as the story proceeds, situations change, and change the father-son relationship. After his mother's death the relationship between him and his father grew tensed. Their perceptions (the way something is regarded, understood or interpreted) changed. Mr. Varma mistook his son's efforts of treating him. He misinterpreted Rakesh's efforts to be only exercising power over him.  There remained no warmth of love between the two. The old man didn't find any joy in his life. Gradually he developed a death instinct. And, sadly one evening the old man left the world rejecting to take any more medicine. The title is ironic because Rakesh was so overtly devoted and loyal to his father that he wouldn't let his father do what he wanted t...

  The Grief (or  Misery) [Anton Chekhov : The Writer] Short Summary : The story Misery is written by Anton Chekhov, a very famous Russian story writer. This story is also known popularly as The Grief.  Some people also call it 'To Whom Shall I Tell My Grief'. It is all about people's insensitivity of towards others pain and anguish. The greatest distress (pain) for any old person is the death of his/ her young son. The same grief fell upon the luck of poor Iona, the central character of this story.  Iona was an old, weak cab driver. His young son Barin had passed away from the world, leaving him all alone . The death of his son had left his heart torn into pieces.  It is a common psychology that every human being wants to share his/ her grief with others. This sharing lightens the grief and relieves one's heart up to some extent.  But as Iona was all alone in the world, he had not been able to share his grief with others. He had not been able tell...