A Small Good Thing + Oh Joseph, I'm So Tired

"A Small Good Thing" is taken from Cathedral.
In “A Small, Good Thing” by Raymond Carver we observe how encounters between people of different backgrounds and tragedy can reveal his or her delusion of their current state of mind. People should learn how to efficiently communicate because without it inhibits loneliness, creates a delusion of reality, and causes isolation. Lack of communication results in unhealthy relationships with yourself and with others.

"Oh Joseph, I'm So Tired" is taken from Colected Stories.
Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Richard Yates examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.