The dark at the top of the stairs.
by William Inge
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The setting is a small Oklahoma town in the early 1920s and the home of the Flood family. Here we find Rubin, a traveling salesman for a harness firm; Cora, his sensitive and lovely wife; Sonny, their little boy; and Reenie, their teenage daughter. The plot consists of short stories regarding the fight between a husband and wife, the fear of an overly shy young girl on going to a dance, the problems of an introverted little boy who feels that the whole world is against him, the corroding marriage of Cora's rowdy sister, and the tragedy of a military school cadet who suffers from being a Jew in an alien, prejudiced community. There is dark at the top of everyone's stairs, but it can be dissipated by understanding, tolerance, and compassion.
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