Sallie’s Comments on Spoon River Anthology

October 3rd, 2013

Are people really all that bad? As I read this book, I kept wondering where is the joy, the laughter, the good? Certainly bad things happen in community, but there is always so much good, also. We decry the media for constantly reporting the evil. I say Masters needs to balance the bad with the good. I just don’t think any society is as negative as he portrays.