Then vs Now

From a House for Mr. Biswas, 1961.
Mr. Biswas's first submitted article to The (Trinidad) Sentinel sounds a bit like this, and was pretty much a sign of the times back then, from what I've heard.

'Daddy comes home in a coffin' by Mr. Biswas :
"...Well, I have news for you kiddies. Daddy is on his way home. Yesterday he passed through Trinidad. In a coffin."

Carol Matoo published in the (Trinidad) Gaurdian, 10/12/2003 sounds a bit like this:

'Mom recalls Mt Hope ordeal - Baby she will never cuddle':
"Saleema Baks will never know what it would be like to hold her baby boy in her arms. She will forever yearn for the child she never got to hold and cuddle, and share the Christmas holidays with."

I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Whether to laugh or cry, if it's tragi-comedy in my heart or just a speck in my eye. One thing I can say for sure- us Trinidadians certainly seem to have a flair for drama.