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Maybe 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 …

…jumping around from one period of time to another without having any connection between the two periods of time. I think if she had had some sort of organized time line for a reader to follow, then the story would have been quite interesting since the content was fine. But I wouldn't mind reading another autobiography, since it is a way of entering someone's real life and feel as though you are part of it.