In The Man in the Well, a group of nine-year-old children stubble upon a man that is trapped in a well. They found the man at an abandon farm lot near their homes while outside playing. It is very mysterious and frightening that the kids without even talking to one another agreed to leave the old man in the well. I believe that the willingness to leave the man in the well displays the cruelty of the children. With that being said I also believe they were just children trying to have fun, because they always did bring the man food and water. This story shows the reverse role of adults and kids with the nine-year-old kids having the upper hand. The kids never ventured to close to well always avoiding seeing the man or thus the man seeing them
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The narrator also talks about how he would her the stubborn murmur of his father. This leads me to believe that the narrator did not like his family surroundings and the man in the well was an escape from it. I believe it also had a part in why the boy would leave the man in the well, he was worried that the man might be like his own father. The whole story the man kept asking the question “Do you think it will rain” (Sher 598-601). It makes you believe at first that he is just thirst with him saying its dry down in the well and with him always coughing. Then at the end of the story it reveals that when the narrator goes to bed it began to rain. The children never returned to the well to see what had happened to the man. I believe they were too scared to except the fact that they had let him die or face the man himself after leaving him in the well. I do judge the kinds for never even checking to see if he survived, but I do understand that they were just young and frightened. The question this story leaves me with is what if they never would have revealed their names? Would they have ever let the man out, or just keep him there for their own entertainment. With that said it is really interesting that they never returned after the rain as if they knew what the rain meant. With them knowing it would have drowned the man, it’s crazy they didn’t do something sooner to save the man and themselves from
The narrator also talks about how he would her the stubborn murmur of his father. This leads me to believe that the narrator did not like his family surroundings and the man in the well was an escape from it. I believe it also had a part in why the boy would leave the man in the well, he was worried that the man might be like his own father. The whole story the man kept asking the question “Do you think it will rain” (Sher 598-601). It makes you believe at first that he is just thirst with him saying its dry down in the well and with him always coughing. Then at the end of the story it reveals that when the narrator goes to bed it began to rain. The children never returned to the well to see what had happened to the man. I believe they were too scared to except the fact that they had let him die or face the man himself after leaving him in the well. I do judge the kinds for never even checking to see if he survived, but I do understand that they were just young and frightened. The question this story leaves me with is what if they never would have revealed their names? Would they have ever let the man out, or just keep him there for their own entertainment. With that said it is really interesting that they never returned after the rain as if they knew what the rain meant. With them knowing it would have drowned the man, it’s crazy they didn’t do something sooner to save the man and themselves from