Huma Human Character's Cruelty

Human character's lack of pity can be seen in the townspeople who mistreat the poor winged man. For instance, when the incapacitated old man was found by the couple, he was rudely dragged through the mud and was locked in the chicken coop instead of being helped. The couple treated him without any mercy and they didn't give him any sort of aid. In addition, this lack of mercy through the story is developed into cruelty since the crowd who came to see him even began to torture the pitiful creature during the exhibition: "the most merciful threw stones at him." and "they burned his side with an iron branding steers." People's cruelty towards the old man is evident since they treat him even worse than they treat a freak locked in a cage in an old amusement park. …show more content…
The couple decided to bring the winged man back to home because they first thought that "he's an angel" and "he must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down." The couple is selfish because they didn't ignore the poor man for the purpose of saving their own sick child. As soon as the couple realized that they could use visitors' curiosity to the man with wings as a way to make a fortune, they put the poor man on display. However, although they use him as a source of income, their treatment of him never improve. The young couple only focuses on how to profit from display the winged man, but never know to be