The Inner Part

-          Louis Simpson (b. 1923)

When the Americans won the Second World War, they became the most important and powerful people in the world. The condition of their civilization seemed improved. They wore fashionable clothes in place of shirts. The American women developed more confidence in them and abandoned their bad habits such as scratching in the public and saying ‘Gosh’ in surprise. The daughters developed their sensitivity toward the glamour. The sons became used to with the modern inventions and facilities. But the priests, who can tell about one’s future by observing the inner parts of birds, did not see a bright future for the American civilization. The ‘heart’ is misplaced, i.e. the Americans have no feeling for the humanity. It also means that they have developed a misplaced overconfidence. The ‘seeds’ are ‘as black as death’ and are ‘emitting a strange odor’ means that the future generation of the Americans is going to bear the brunt of the past wrong actions. The Americans’ past indulgence in wars will backfire.