Task: Frank O"Connor stories often appear in anthologies of short stories because they are regarded as good stories. Choose one story by Frank O"Connor which you feel should be included in an anthology. Fully explain why you think this text deserves inclusion in a collection of short stories. I thoroughly enjoyed reading "On Christmas Morning" by Frank O"Connor as it covers many different themes. In this essay I will look at what makes it good in order to show that the story deserves inclusion in an anthology of good stories. The story is based on the childhood of a young...
when we think of Christmas we usually remember happy thoughts but here Larry is realising what his life holds for him and how much he has really let his mother down.

I enjoyed reading this story very much and would personally include it in an anthology of good stories as it has many themes and realistic characters. I also liked it because you need to read it more than once to gain a full picture of what was going on. The fact that one person could read it and gain something completely different from someone else also intrigued me.