Modern Mag May 2014 | Page 15

  Have you ever been in a situation where you hated everything and everyone? You later on realized that you were mad for no reason. Well in “The Parting Genius” by Helen Coale Crew you realize that hatred towards everything isn’t good. In the story, the young boy hates people in power and he plans to get rid of them all when he is older. When he is standing on the plain above a small town an older man comes beside the boy and questions him about why he hates everything. At the end of the conversation the boy finally figured that to hate something is pointless and a complete waste of time. In conclusion, we may have difficulties and hate things. One thing we have to remember like the boy there is no reason to hate, but to be understanding of everything.