In the fifties and sixties the middle class in USA moved out of the cities to fulfil the dream of life in the suburbs. The idyllic picture of the nuclear family’s peaceful life with a house, a garden and a car has for many today turned into a nightmare of petrol fumes, asphalt and shopping centers. Most suburbs actually struggle with the old central city traditional problems: Poverty, violence and buildings in state of decay. The worst, however, is that this development ruins the Americans sence of solidarity in the community.
For long there has been dissatisfaction with this, but a debate concerning this problem hasn’t been created on a national level, until now in the nineties. Society can no longer afford to pay the rapidly growing expenses for extension of the road system, fighting pollution, crime etc., it says in Bank of Americas latest annual reports. And architects and city planners recommend that America returns to its cities before they will dilapidate.
Summery of “Paradise.”
Paradise is a short story written by Matthew Kneale. The story takes place in Nepal where we meet Neville, a writer who is gathering information for his travel book about Nepal. He ends up in Drughat, a poor village that rarely appears to have seen tourists. The inhabitants of Drughat show Neville warmth and very high standards of hospitality in spite of the fact that he is a stranger.
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