Sorry for Disturbing You

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Friends come and go; you lose some and you make some. However, you will always have your family for better or worse. That is a general opinion in society; unfortunately this does not count for all people. Family feuds occur more often than we would like to think, and as a consequence of this some people lose contact with their family members and end up unwanted, lonely and miserable. This often leads to a dire need for human contact and sympathy which is the situation in the short story “Sorry for Disturbing you” where we meet an example of a lonely, unwanted man, who is craving for understanding and company in a rejecting and reserved society. The short story is written by Richard knight and deals with topics like men’s incompetence of showing emotions, loneliness and how we handle these people. The narrator is omniscient and gives the reader ‘clues’ of what is to come and what the characters think. The man described in the introduction, Michael Phelps, suddenly shows up really drunk and confused at Ian’s doorstep – claiming to know the previous owners of the house. Ian, the other main character of the story, finds this bothersome and wonders why the man seeks for help when he could call a cab himself: “Why did the man knock when he had a phone anyway?” (p. 3 ll. 48-49) This phrase indicates that the drunk man most likely have his own reasons for showing up at Ian’s place, which Ian finds out later in the conversation where the man starts talking about his past: “”I should have walked her down the aisle you know”. He looked imploringly at Ian, as though he might be able to help, to change something”. (P. 4 ll. 120-122) It is obvious that Michael has shown up because he has lots of regrets of his past, and seeks a caring shoulder
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