Hello Everyone,

I am currently reading the "MAN and SUPERMAN" by George Bernard Shaw. So my fiction is influenced by the style of George Bernard Shaw. I hope, the influence on style can be overlooked. Here is my fiction:
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TANNER. A flirt!! I!!
ANN. Yes, a flirt. You are always abusing and offending people, but you never really mean to let go your hold of them.
TANNER: Please do make your accusation clear. Where on this earth, have I offended anyone my dear lady

ANN: Don't call me that. Annie [she said, pouting at TANNER]
TANNER: Not so easy. Someone has pounded sound mannerisms into me. I am sorry.
ANN: What do you mean by, beauty is in the eye of beholder and people are ashamed to enjoy beauty of something that has a defect?
TANNER: What can I tell you, my lady. Look at the doll heads here.
ANN: Ha, what on the earth are these broken heads doing here?

TANNER: Sorry my lady. They aren't broken. They are new. I need to work on them, a lot, to make them into dolls.
ANN: And sell them, one penny a piece???
TANNER: No, No. God is merciful on me. It is a pastime of mine. This is one of arts.
ANN: Jack?? Arts?? Arts are paintings, music and dance. Why don't we go for a dance.
TANNER: Not yet my lady. Art is the profession of creating something beautiful out of nothing, out of everything commonplace and out of imagination. My lady, no child loves a baby doll, made out of gold, but has no beauty, has no chubby cheeks, has no rosy lips and has no blue eyes. . What once were dolls of beauty & joy, once broken, become trash, fit to be thrown away and nothing else. What went wrong, I ask, in continuing to derive pleasure and continuing to play with a broken doll?

ANN: [Flushing] thank you
TANNER: [Completing the doll on which he

ANN: My pleasure, I would like to leave, with your consent
TANNER: Though I wish, you stay back, my lady, it is time for your meal. A cab awaits you and my parlormaid shall show you the way.
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Well, I know it is kinda short. But, I guess it is fine with 375 words or so. What is your opinion about the story? Do you think, we should enjoy the beauty of something broken, even when I can afford a new one?? Should I snatch something away from a kid, just because it is broken / has a flaw??
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with warm regards
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3 comments:
I tend to let my kids keep toys they are enjoying, even when they break (unless, of course, the breaking makes them un-safe). My daughter is also a big fan of duct tape. ;)
I really like the concept of art being the creation of beauty, not just defined art forms. Also, good use of dialog. Nice job.
A "perfect" world is a boring world. And often the best-loved toys are the ones which are "imperfect" from use. :)
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