aking, I know that there is a slim chance of me returning home immediately after college. Having spent so much of my Dad's money on a good education here, there is no way I am going to return without working for at least a few years in this country. Moreover, mostly every one who comes here to study, stays back. I am aware of the fact that even I may end up doing that, but I would be deeply disappointed in myself if I do. I have nothing against people who choose to stay back, or against America, but personally I'd feel that I was deserting my country, for personal pleasure and gain. I feel very sad when I realize very few people from my country share this view. I do not know if I am going to have enough courage to stick to my ideals, but through this story I have expressed that part of me. When O' Brien says that he is trying to save Timmy's life, I think he means to say he is trying to capture and relive his innocence as a child, which he has lost while growing up. I am trying to save a part of me which I really cherish, and which may change as I grow up, with this story. Hence there is some degree of similarity in the two stories.In the end, I would like to point out a few shortcomings of the story, according to me. I feel I may have made the story a bit choppy or lop-sided, by moving gears too quickly towards the end. The only justification I have is that this was the best way in which I could address both the issues mentioned earlier. I cannot say I have been able to write a story exactly as I had intended to, and this only adds to the respect I have for writers like O'Brien , who practice the difficult art of story-telling with such incredible skill. Part -2Sitting in the stuffy cramped seats of the Boeing -747 jet, I could not stop myself from cursing the people who were traveling business class. I thought it was extremely insensitive of almost all airlines to have the people traveling by economy class walk through the business cl...
