No reader can closely read a good piece of fiction literature without extracting some type of revelation about human nature. Fiction reveals these two sides of human nature with techniques that authors use to help the reader get the theme or idea that the text portrays and it is important that readers understand what these revelations can tell them about themselves. In these short stories, “Ambush” by Roger Woodward, the “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and “Suitcases and Snow Globes” by Lara Ferrari, these techniques can be seen in action, thus revealing both the good and evil sides of human nature nature and why they are important to decipher. One of the two examples of techniques that
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For example, in the short story,”Ambush” after Roger squirts Joey Bacon with water, Joey Bacon throws a rock at Roger causing him to get “Eighteen stitches and a mild concussion”(Woodward 1). Joey Bacon is shown agitated and hungry for revenge here which causes him to injure Roger with the rock. By looking at this, the common thing that come to mind is the yearning to get revenge on someone after you get irritated or disturbed. After reading the whole story, Bacon ends up dying as a hero, which means that wanting revenge is something any human wanted at one point, what the reader needs to understand from this is the short term consequences of wanting to make amends are big, therefore meaning everyone can be more rational when in these types of situations. Lemon Brown, a character in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” chose to risk his life in order to save his treasure by hurling “his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure”(Myers 4). The positive or good side of human nature can be seen here. Lemon Brown save both Greg and his treasure by reacting to a difficult situation brilliantly. Readers of fiction must understand that in the two sides of human nature, this reaction is definitely on the good side and there are times where people make moral decisions for the greater good. In the big picture of elements of human nature, there are two sides of it, the reactions of characters in a story is one of the ways authors portray human
For example, in the short story,”Ambush” after Roger squirts Joey Bacon with water, Joey Bacon throws a rock at Roger causing him to get “Eighteen stitches and a mild concussion”(Woodward 1). Joey Bacon is shown agitated and hungry for revenge here which causes him to injure Roger with the rock. By looking at this, the common thing that come to mind is the yearning to get revenge on someone after you get irritated or disturbed. After reading the whole story, Bacon ends up dying as a hero, which means that wanting revenge is something any human wanted at one point, what the reader needs to understand from this is the short term consequences of wanting to make amends are big, therefore meaning everyone can be more rational when in these types of situations. Lemon Brown, a character in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” chose to risk his life in order to save his treasure by hurling “his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure”(Myers 4). The positive or good side of human nature can be seen here. Lemon Brown save both Greg and his treasure by reacting to a difficult situation brilliantly. Readers of fiction must understand that in the two sides of human nature, this reaction is definitely on the good side and there are times where people make moral decisions for the greater good. In the big picture of elements of human nature, there are two sides of it, the reactions of characters in a story is one of the ways authors portray human