Comparing Short Stories 'Apollo And By Any Other Name'

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Throughout the short stories, “Apollo” by Chimamanda Adichie and “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rau, the authors reveal that power corrupts happiness. After Okenwa catches Apollo from Raphael, Okenwa does not see Raphael for a long time while he is recovering from his sickness. When Okenwa finally recovers, he goes outside to find that Raphael has found a new friend and does not care for him anymore. Okenwa narrates, “He spoke as though I were a child, as though we had not sat together in his dim room... Raphael said something that I could not hear, but it had the sound of betrayal” (p. 9). This shows that while Okenwa was sick, Raphael stops caring about Okenwa because of his new friendship with someone else. Okenwa feels betrayed by Raphael

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