what aspect of human folly is the author criticizing in the lesson my unknown friend
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In ‘My Unknown Friend’, the author writes about man’s unwillingness to admit that, he cannot remember or recollect certain incidents. It leads to uneasy and funny situations.
Stephen Leacock describes how he met someone while on a journey by rail, and he starts talking about ‘old times’, ‘old place’ and ‘their gang’. The author does not give in to the fact that he cannot quite place the man on the railcar, nor any of the incidents he is referring to.
Stephen Leacock (1869 – 1944) was a Canadian writer.
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The unknown friend revolves around the author, who meets a man he used to know from a long time back, while travelling in a coach.
The man recognizes the author, however the author fails to remember the man.
The man also tells him that the rest of the group of friends of the author also miss him and that they haven't heard from him from a long time.
From this exchange, the author marvels at the folly of humans to forget friends so easily and their failure t keep in touch with them.