“The Wall” is a breathtaking short story written by Marlis Wessel, a former Canadian teacher, who has also written short stories, children's plays, and monologues for the theater. Ms. Wessel's tale is an extraordinary journey to Germany by a young couple in the late 1980s, where they learn the meaning of the country's history and current existence. The story is written in third-person perspective with satisfying and symbolic detail in every movement and speech of the characters. The wall is the main principle of the story, it represents a physical barrier between the east and the west of Germany, the east being the communist area, under the influence of the Soviet Union, and the West – a capitalist region . However, it has a much larger meaning throughout the story, as it connects to the characters. The reader can easily distinguish the intangible “wall” between Hans and his wife Barbara, in the concluding paragraph: “His voice was harsh and resentful. Against her was Barbara, not her grandmother” (Wessel, 156). Furthermore, there are several artists and philosophers...