Relationships
Relationships are needed in life, but some people can take advantage of you every now and then.
In the short story “The Winner” when Pious wins the football pools money he is quickly to learn that many people related to him or that even know him want to have him help them; the problem with this is that Pious had a very private life up until that point with not many people who he conversed with so he knew they were only there for his money. All the new relationships Pious was making were corrupted and this was because everyone started acting like they cared about him so they would have a chance of him giving them money “Their persistent clamoring for his attention, and the way they kept shoving their children under his nose, made it impossible for him to think, let alone talk“ (Kimenye 2). This reminded me of when Cordelia's older sister Goneril in the book called “King Lear” started making up feelings on how she felt towards her father the king so she could get what she wanted which was royalties and land “Sir, I love you more then the world can wield the matter” (Shakespeare 11). |