Abstract
This text is an extract from a novel entitled "How to be good". It was written by Nick Hornby, a British novelist and essayist, known for having written the famous book "About a boy". It dates back to two thousand and one. It deals with a British couple having an argument in the street, over giving a huge amount of money to a rough sleeper. We can notice that the title of the passage which is "How to feel good" echoes the title of the novel which is "How to be good".
After having watched a theatre play, David and his wife were walking on the street looking for a cab. While passing by a homeless boy, David looked for some money in his pockets, which were empty. So he asked his wife for her purse, took the eighty pounds that were in it, and gave it all to the homeless boy. This triggered an argument between his wife and him about this gift of money, while passers-by were attending the scene.
We could agree with the wife, who thinks that it is totally crazy, but we can also see that David's act could be quite logically explained.
