Comparison Between Saboteur And The Necklace

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It so happens at times, that some events in our life take us into certain situations which we normally would avoid. This is the case that happened in “Saboteur” and “The Necklace”. In Saboteur, Mr.Chui is wrongfully accused of Sabotaging and disrupting the peace which is deliberately caused by the police officers. He is put into jail and is manhandled by the police. This can be considered as an irony because he is defeated by individuals who are lower than him in terms of intellectual power. Furthermore, in order to save his lawyer, he has to confirm that he is guilty of the crime. This is the reason why he actually becomes a Saboteur and harms several other individuals who had not been linked to his treatment and ironically, he eventually

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