"Next Door" short fiction essay

In the essay, "Next Door", the author writes about the story of an eight year old boy who is not at all matured for his age to make decisions but when his parents leave him alone at the house he was able to make mature decisions which shows that he was growing up.
Paul, an eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard was left alone in the house. His parents and Paul live in a house which has a thin wall and so the voice of them as well as their neighbors could be heard easily. Even if there is a little noise or any activity going on in both of their houses. We can see from the very starting…