Story Summary for ''White Sands''

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''White Sands'' by Goeff Dyer, is a short realistic fiction from Granta. There are only three characters in this story, the narrator, the narrator’s wife Jessica and a hitchhiker. The story describes the situation and feelings from an experience that he and his wife have had while traveling to El Paso from White Sands National Park. As this couple is driving through White Sands - endless desert looking white sands, they picked up a hitchhiker. While they are chatting with him, they pass a sign that reads: ''Notice: Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers: Detention Facilities In Area''. Later narrator express how after seeing the sign ''the vibe in the car – which had been a good vibe – changed completely and became a very bad vibe''. In silence, the narrator suffers from a variety of anxiety. To change the mood in a car, he turns on the radio, which gives them a song ''Riders on the storm'' by Jim Morrison. The hitch-hiker, can't bear to sit in the car filled anxiety. Then narrator describes the discomfort of everyone in the car as the hitchhiker tries to explain himself and his own wandering thoughts as he considers the situation. Unfortuntly Jessica's husband can't handle hitchhiker's story in his head. Finally, they stop at a gas station, and as the hitchhiker uses the bathroom, they hurriedly drive away. While they drive, the couple chat about the decision they made, but no he or she wants to go back and pick him up. They are happy to be worry free again. The story has amusing moments, and also several details that added to the drama of the story, making enjoyable to read it. This story is instructive too, in meaning of that, narrator tells us that we shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. That is exactly what happened between couple and
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