To a Better Tomorrow

I had a little trouble with this story in the beginning because of all the errors in it. The second half of it was much better.

It was pretty depressing to read that Zac couldn't be happy because he realized that there was so much pain in the world, that it would be wrong if he ever did find happiness. This, of course, was resolved in the end.

Grandpa says there are three types of people. i think there is a 4th type. There are people (maybe a lot more that we would think) that are just trying to survive. They spend much of their life doing that. If you think about it a little, you realize that most people (even the ones that think they have enough resources) are an unfortunate event or catistropic lost that would put them in a position where they couldn't afford to live. There are few people that can put this aside (like Zac's parents) and do their best to make a better world.

The first few paragraphs of this story really got me to thinking. Alec is trying to figure out how he can fit into the world. He has friends but is more a loner. I could really relate to what he was thinking. I don't think it had much to do with his gayness. It had more to do with the mystery of how the world works and how he can interact in a positive way. Why is there so much pain in the world? Why do some people need to take advantage of others? There seems to be enough people in the world that are successful. If they all got together and decided to help the people who are disadvantaged, it wouldn't be very long before everyone had a real chance for happiness. But how can you get it all organized so it will work? No one has the answer to that but Zac and Alec would really like to know the answer.

These are really big questions to cover in a short story. I can't help feeling that these tough questions completely over shadowed the romance between the two boys. You have this big idealogical aspect and then the conflicting love between Zac and Alec. It's an interesting mix, but just like the first review, I have to say I wish there was more.

On 09/03/2012 01:03 PM, TommyZ said:

I had a little trouble with this story in the beginning because of all the errors in it. The second half of it was much better.

It was pretty depressing to read that Zac couldn't be happy because he realized that there was so much pain in the world, that it would be wrong if he ever did find happiness. This, of course, was resolved in the end.

Grandpa says there are three types of people. i think there is a 4th type. There are people (maybe a lot more that we would think) that are just trying to survive. They spend much of their life doing that. If you think about it a little, you realize that most people (even the ones that think they have enough resources) are an unfortunate event or catistropic lost that would put them in a position where they couldn't afford to live. There are few people that can put this aside (like Zac's parents) and do their best to make a better world.

The first few paragraphs of this story really got me to thinking. Alec is trying to figure out how he can fit into the world. He has friends but is more a loner. I could really relate to what he was thinking. I don't think it had much to do with his gayness. It had more to do with the mystery of how the world works and how he can interact in a positive way. Why is there so much pain in the world? Why do some people need to take advantage of others? There seems to be enough people in the world that are successful. If they all got together and decided to help the people who are disadvantaged, it wouldn't be very long before everyone had a real chance for happiness. But how can you get it all organized so it will work? No one has the answer to that but Zac and Alec would really like to know the answer.

These are really big questions to cover in a short story. I can't help feeling that these tough questions completely over shadowed the romance between the two boys. You have this big idealogical aspect and then the conflicting love between Zac and Alec. It's an interesting mix, but just like the first review, I have to say I wish there was more.

Resolved... I didn't resolve anything, Alec and Zac did it by themselves. But just because the story ends in a romantic way, doesn't mean the boys' struggle is finished.

Your fourth type is sort of the same, a type of Grandpa's first. He means the spirit by which humans live, not under what circumstances.

This was my first story of such kind and it's special to me. The topic of sexuality actually takes little part in the story; it's part of a bigger one. The one you call 'ideological', though it's actually things everyone has asked themselves and wished for at some stage in their lives.

There is more! The story continues to unfold inside each and every reader... I hope.

Thank you for your review