“ONCE UPON A TIME” by Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer wrote the story “Once Upon A Time” to caution her readers about a threat in all of our lives. This story reflects the dangers of allowing us to become focused on the wrong things in life. Taking our distractions to an extreme can destroy our quality of life. In this society, discrimination caused a chain reaction of events that led to the death of a young …showed first 75 words of 906 total…

…showed last 75 words of 906 total…The distracted parents ignored their own son’s safety because they were too concerned about the possessions. Looking from the outside it is irrational and we can recognize the harm it will cause. This is how life is. As we focus on the wrong things we do not realize the extremes we go to and we lose sight of everything important. It happens gradually enough that it is logical to us but not to others.