I was sent this book from a fellow Internets. He wrote the story in 2008 and I found it to be more than just a contemporary story but one that dates back to my childhood also.
We are a society of consumers, and mostly conspicuous consumers at that. We are indoctrinated into the consumerist culture at a very early age. The language we have been taught is then turned against us.
We are made to feel incomplete without the acquisition of ‘things’. All things. This short story follows a young boy’s quest to acquire an item that he hopes will make him a better person. In the end, we see that his journey is what makes him whole and not the item. As soon as I have a child this will be part of the bedtime storytime rotation.
‘I Got To Have Those Shoes‘ by Damon Mosley
