Analysis Of Danny M. Hoey's Augustine

Every story tells a plethora of stories depending on who the author is or how the reader depicts the story. Everyone can read a story and have a personal opinion about it; whether it is good or bad it will still be an opinion. In the story “Augustine” by Danny M. Hoey Jr the story proves that everyone can say what they want and feel no type of remorse based on people’s lifestyle. This story illustrates what society calls “acceptable” or “unacceptable” based on ones moral values.
The story “Augustine” is about 3 girls who live in the projects who accepts what people see them as; girls from the hood. The girls experienced what most people should not which was a man who committed suicide. Not having a male figure around due to men from their side of town being egotistic and hormonal creatures and being raised only by women they saw him as a hero. The girls saw his masculinity and his charisma as a male figure …show more content…
Many people have different views about this topic in general because that believes that it is wrong or vice versa. Evaluating what the narrator of the story felt towards Augustine was what he felt towards the people who did not love him initially. People have an impact on a person when they are away more than when they alive because it seems as if they left a legacy on the earth which is what the narrator feels. The letters and gossip proves this theory itself even though everything that people said was negative it still shows that they had him in their minds or possibly their hearts. When it became a discussion it seemed as if people looked at him negatively because of his life decisions which didn’t fit their morals. Discussing this can make this controversial topic a little on a risky side based on what the reader feels is right. One can say that they liked the story or another can say that the story should not have been ready in a conservative university’s