Three Stories about Human Actions and Reactions. "The child would possibly be scarred badly, but his life was undoubtedly safe. As for the negro Henry Johnson, he could not live. His body was frightfully seared, but more than that, he now had no face. His face had simply been burned away." The Monster is the story of an African, American who saves his master's son from a fire and is severely disfigured in the process. The Blue Hotel tells the troubles of a man after staying at a hotel, while His New Mittens presents the world as a young child sees it.
