There are several similar themes that occur in the different short stories that we have read. These themes are common between the short stories as they all come across a similar issue. They may seem differently but speak or address the same thing. This shows how prevalent such an issue is in the society. In the case of this paper, I wish to use the story of 12 angry men, Good Country People and Shooting an Elephant. In these three short stories, various themes that are common such as the theme of death, theme of identity and the subject of love.
To begin with, the subject of death occurs regularly. In the case of the 12 angry men, the issue of death comes out in the whole story where the eighteen-year-old kid is to be punished by death for …show more content…
The Characters here take various personalities that they change depending on circumstances. In the case of Joy, she turns her identity by adopting a new name "Hulga." Secondly, she changes the status of being an atheist to being interested in Christianity as shown by her interest in Manley, the bible man. Lastly, manly took the identity of a religious person but as the turn of the event he is not religious but something different. This is because he wanted to lure Hulga (Bosco, 290). Here the characters involved make ethical choices where Manley is enticing Hulga to have sex with her by pretending to be a religious person. Hulga decides to be interested in Manley who seemed spiritual while makes to be a holy person to lure Hulga. The consequences are that Manley ended up hurting Hulga very much by the use of …show more content…
In a case where they use to love it is expected that they will make very objective decisions. Some jurors fail to show love by making a subjective decision which is based on their issues such as the race of the boy (Buchanan, David, and Andrzej, 331). Love supersedes race and all other evil influences if used objectivity would be seen in the case. Thus, the jurors are subjected to a decision of using attachment as an ethical choice. They make decision based on love and hate, and therefore they do not achieve unanimity. The consequences here are that there is no justice
To begin with, the subject of death occurs regularly. In the case of the 12 angry men, the issue of death comes out in the whole story where the eighteen-year-old kid is to be punished by death for …show more content…
The Characters here take various personalities that they change depending on circumstances. In the case of Joy, she turns her identity by adopting a new name "Hulga." Secondly, she changes the status of being an atheist to being interested in Christianity as shown by her interest in Manley, the bible man. Lastly, manly took the identity of a religious person but as the turn of the event he is not religious but something different. This is because he wanted to lure Hulga (Bosco, 290). Here the characters involved make ethical choices where Manley is enticing Hulga to have sex with her by pretending to be a religious person. Hulga decides to be interested in Manley who seemed spiritual while makes to be a holy person to lure Hulga. The consequences are that Manley ended up hurting Hulga very much by the use of …show more content…
In a case where they use to love it is expected that they will make very objective decisions. Some jurors fail to show love by making a subjective decision which is based on their issues such as the race of the boy (Buchanan, David, and Andrzej, 331). Love supersedes race and all other evil influences if used objectivity would be seen in the case. Thus, the jurors are subjected to a decision of using attachment as an ethical choice. They make decision based on love and hate, and therefore they do not achieve unanimity. The consequences here are that there is no justice