"Maybe" by Lillian Hellman

Maybe written by Lillian Hellman in the 1980's, is a short story in which the author describes a portion of her life during which reality and fantasy were put side by side. Though Maybe seems more of an autobiography and does not follow the traditional plot system; there is a subtle mixture of reality and fantasy, which makes the story seem like a fiction story. The story, for the most part describes the effects of a certain Sarah Cameron on Hellman's personal life. Due to this fact, Sarah Cameron is the main character, around whom the whole story seems to revolve. Lillian, throughout the story, is trying to figure out the origin of all the care that she, all of a sudden, felt towards Sarah despite all the deceptions and misunderstandings caused by her. There is no stable setting since the story takes place between New York, Louisiana, and Paris; and it is hard for the reader to determine where any incident happens unless Lillian makes it clear where she was. Every now and then she was going back and froth between those three settings, and between times.…