Describe an incident in your own life when you had a moment of revelation about someone. What truth did you see that was not apparent to you before, and how did it change the way you behaved afterwards?

Do you think that Mr. Carr should have turned Alfred over to the police? Would Alfred have been better off in the long run by being prosecuted, or is his realization of how much his mother is suffering going to be sufficient for him to change his ways? Explain your answer based on events in the story.

Write a short story approximately two pages in length that follows the structure of many of the stories in Callaghan's collection Now That April's Here and Other Stories. Your story should consist of a brief prelude, in which the situation is explained, followed by a confrontation. The...