Possibility Of Evil
The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson is about an elderly lady named Ms Strangeworth, who believes that it is her responsibility to keep her town from ‘evil’. Ms Strangeworth tends to her roses daily, making sure they are as perfect as they could be. However never letting anyone take them; saying they “belong on Pleasant Street”. After completing a few errands, Ms Strangeworth finds herself in a conversation with Helen Crane: a newly wed woman with a six-month old baby. They speak a few minutes about how the baby does not move as much as others, but Ms Strangeworth declares that all babies develop at different paces. When Ms Strangeworth reaches her home, she decides to write a few letters, but not of the usual kind. Her letters contained