Perspectives

In what follows, we will help you connect “Lost Boys” by Deborah Moggach with current issues, literary period and similar works. These aspects will help you put the text in perspective and engage in a meaningful discussion about it.

Current issues

Published in 1987, the story “Lost Boys” continues to be relevant today because it touches upon universal issues connected with parenting. However, the story also has a feminist angle and touches upon...

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Literary period

The short story belongs to the literary period called Postmodernism (which developed after WWII). The story is mainly postmodernist through the feminist approach to its themes...

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Works with the same theme

For the theme of parenthood, we recommend that you read stories like “The Parents” by Kelly Cherry or “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss.

Kelly Cherry’s story (Contexts, pp. 47-48) follows the relationship between parents and children from the time the children are small until they become teenagers, and then adults, while the parents have to witness them become independent and embarrassed by them.

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