I was pondering writing a (second; but the first did not turn out to be that decent) short story which is linked to the current crisis of the country (and to a lesser extent the rest of the EU and the west).
In it two little girls decide to play a game so that the loser will commit suicide so as to alleviate some of the economic burden off the shoulders of their parents. Naturally they say nothing about it to the parents. They are happy that they found a way to contribute in this crisis, which they barely understand, but realize it as a major problem in their household.
The plot in a way is similar to an ancient greek tale, about two young sons who carried their mother around the city, on a cart in which they commited themselves as if they were oxen. The story ended with their death due to exhaustion, but it was argued that they died in their finest hour, people praised them for their action and they were loved and eternally remembered through the ages for it.
I do not really mean to make the story more gloomy than it should be. The idea itself is already melangholic, or perhaps even darker than even that.
I wanted to ask you what you think of the idea, and also if you are of the view that such works, playing upon a current issue, serve a purpose in literature. Personally i think that if a story becomes important for the reader then it has a reason for existing, and after all through pain comes the cathartic moment.
In it two little girls decide to play a game so that the loser will commit suicide so as to alleviate some of the economic burden off the shoulders of their parents. Naturally they say nothing about it to the parents. They are happy that they found a way to contribute in this crisis, which they barely understand, but realize it as a major problem in their household.
The plot in a way is similar to an ancient greek tale, about two young sons who carried their mother around the city, on a cart in which they commited themselves as if they were oxen. The story ended with their death due to exhaustion, but it was argued that they died in their finest hour, people praised them for their action and they were loved and eternally remembered through the ages for it.
I do not really mean to make the story more gloomy than it should be. The idea itself is already melangholic, or perhaps even darker than even that.
I wanted to ask you what you think of the idea, and also if you are of the view that such works, playing upon a current issue, serve a purpose in literature. Personally i think that if a story becomes important for the reader then it has a reason for existing, and after all through pain comes the cathartic moment.
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