There is a short story I had to read in AP English my senior year, and I could have sworn it was called "The Problem with Goodness," about a dangerous man who breaks into an old woman's home and holds her hostage (or something like that). They rapidly fall into a discourse about goodness and it becomes clear that she's been good her whole life for one reason: she's afraid of Hell. In short order, the guy brings her down to his level philosophically. It's genius, but I can't find it anywhere. I tried once on the Net. I think I'll look again.
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Date: 2006-11-11 07:59 am (UTC)There is a short story I had to read in AP English my senior year, and I could have sworn it was called "The Problem with Goodness," about a dangerous man who breaks into an old woman's home and holds her hostage (or something like that). They rapidly fall into a discourse about goodness and it becomes clear that she's been good her whole life for one reason: she's afraid of Hell. In short order, the guy brings her down to his level philosophically. It's genius, but I can't find it anywhere. I tried once on the Net. I think I'll look again.