Well, I've read the story "The Blind Man". It appeared not that as I expected. The beginning of the story promices a good and pleasant tale about people's lives, but later it shows not that pleasant sides of our life. This story is a tale of the narrator who at a bright and sunny day remembers about a blind man he knew. He lived a very difficult way of life. After his parents died he lived with his sister and brother-in-law. In the farmhouse everyone treated him as a beggar and made fun of everuthing he did. That hurt him so much but he didn't say anything, he just kept silent as he knew he could do nothing and he depended on those brutes. One winter day he was forced to beg by the road. He spent there the whole day on severe frost and didn't come back. His relatives didn't take care of that. Some days passed and his body was found on the field. His forrible death was relief from the pain he suffered the whole life.

As you can see, this story is far from a pleasant or funny one. It shows the reality of life, there are such people around us and such things can happen to anybody. Such facts agitate us and show that not everything can be seen through rose-coloured spectacles.

I like this story though it's not a pleasing one. It's realistic and this is where its value lies.