Ingredients for a Simple Life: Arnold Bennett’s Short Story, ‘Hot Potatoes’

January 17th, 2023

Awake Goy

The shame we occasionally feel over our simple and sometimes odd ways is often misplaced. When we embrace these simple ways, we can face life with humility and a healthy sense of humor.
Arnold Bennett contemplates this shame over simple things in his short story, “Hot Potatoes.” He shows the need for humility and humor by following Mrs. Swann’s muddled attempt to deliver some hot potatoes to her son before his concert.
Mrs. Swann is prodigiously proud of her 19-year-old son, Gilbert, who has been a musical prodigy from near infancy and became famous throughout the Five Towns for his musical skill…. Source

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