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Short Story 'A Stranger' By Anna Hope

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’’A Stranger’’ is a short story by Anna Hope. ‘’Do you have change?’’ is the question many people want to avoid. Is humanity gone? Are the typical Londoners selfish people or are they charitable? When the Nazis bombed London, people from outskirts of London helped Londoners’ children, when they really needed it. People in the West live very well and do not know cruel facts, other people are facing today, and feel therefore uncomfortable to meet other people, who are living under these conditions. Does Jesus’ teachings about charity not matter anymore today? Are we putting ourselves first and other people second? In this short story, we will see the same situation that concerns of this issue. The narrator is a first person narrator and the …show more content…

Laylor is telling the narrator, that she is a political refugee from Uzbekistan along with her brother. ‘’Was that the Balkans? I wasn’t sure. “Where is that?”(l. 58). The narrator is showing ignorance towards other peoples’ countries. ‘’It was then I began to notice things I had not seen before: dirt under each of her chipped fingernails, the collar of her blouse crumpled and unironed, a tiny cut on hercheek, a fringe that looked to have been cut with blunt nail-clippers.’’ (ll. 71-73). Suddenly the narrator thinks negative towards Laylor, as she discovers Laylor is dirty. The narrator begins to feel sorry for Laylor. When Laylor sought for help, the narrator asks why her and not the others, as it reveals the narrator is a single mother. The narrator begins to have compassion for her, when she thinks about the ‘’Good Samaritan’’. The narrator’s grandmother came to England from Caribbean; a stranger always came and helped her, and told her grandchildren about the stranger and today she complains about other immigrants. Then she thinks that she has the chance to help Laylor and her brother, because she has space in their house and cook food for them. Maybe it is her turn to be the ‘’Good Samaritan’’ and Laylor’s grandchildren will know the narrator’s

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