Sweet Poison
Revenge is like sweet poison. It possesses people and draws them in like bees to honey yet, it is a deadly device to be played with as it can mess with one's head completely in not a very good way. The need for revenge is like an infection in one's mind that if not put in check quickly spreads out and harms vital organs of the body which might ultimately lead to death. When someone has offended us we seek to harm them most times intentionally and get even the score for what they did to us in Vega’s "Spanish Roulette", Sixto who has always been a peaceful man is having an inward battle with himself as he contemplates about killing a gang member who raped his sister. His friend who was with him tried to convince him that he was …show more content…
For a non-violent person revenge creates an opening for them to get violent and if someone is already violent revenge can worsen their state. In the “Spanish Roulette, Willie tries desperately to convince Sixto not to go through with his revenge plot telling him that he is better than his desire for revenge and how it is not in his nature to hold a vendetta against someone. Vega wrote “Be cool bro I know how you feel but that ain’t gonna solve nothing man. You’re an artist man. You know that? A playwright you’re gonna light up Broadway one of these day” (502). This quote lets us to see how revenge changes one’s personality. Sixto has been a peace-loving guy who has always seen the world as a beautiful place and has always been poetic, artistic and philosophical is now changing to someone who see violence as an answer to a situation. The incident that happen to his sister has triggered a change in his personality and sets him up against everything he has ever believed in and stood up for. Willie tried desperately for his best friend to see reason as to why he should not have sought out revenge fearing for changes it would do to him. He kept telling his friend that he is not like that and violent or brutality that his vendetta is setting him up for is not the path he should take. We see at the end of Vega’s story as Sixto left with the gun in his possession that Willie was worried his …show more content…
The consequences that comes with retaliation are by far more severe that the satisfaction it brings. The need for revenge brings on obsession that overcomes your whole being and truants your mind pushing you to act on it. It makes your restless and inflates your every thought for you to give in and do something you will regret for the rest of your life. The obsession that overwhelms if acted upon flips a switch that changes your whole personality and character. Acting on your vendetta changes you in a different person because there is no way committing a heinous crime leaves you remaining the same person you were before. Holding a grudge against someone that long while plotting and planning on how to make them suffer turns you into a bitter and hateful person. However, choosing the high road of forgiveness elevates your personality and character and propels you into becoming a better and stronger person. Remember that revenge is one of these things that we crave and no matter how tempting it is or how strongly it draws you in one can find it in them to resist. That craving that we feel maybe something that we want but do not necessarily
Revenge is like sweet poison. It possesses people and draws them in like bees to honey yet, it is a deadly device to be played with as it can mess with one's head completely in not a very good way. The need for revenge is like an infection in one's mind that if not put in check quickly spreads out and harms vital organs of the body which might ultimately lead to death. When someone has offended us we seek to harm them most times intentionally and get even the score for what they did to us in Vega’s "Spanish Roulette", Sixto who has always been a peaceful man is having an inward battle with himself as he contemplates about killing a gang member who raped his sister. His friend who was with him tried to convince him that he was …show more content…
For a non-violent person revenge creates an opening for them to get violent and if someone is already violent revenge can worsen their state. In the “Spanish Roulette, Willie tries desperately to convince Sixto not to go through with his revenge plot telling him that he is better than his desire for revenge and how it is not in his nature to hold a vendetta against someone. Vega wrote “Be cool bro I know how you feel but that ain’t gonna solve nothing man. You’re an artist man. You know that? A playwright you’re gonna light up Broadway one of these day” (502). This quote lets us to see how revenge changes one’s personality. Sixto has been a peace-loving guy who has always seen the world as a beautiful place and has always been poetic, artistic and philosophical is now changing to someone who see violence as an answer to a situation. The incident that happen to his sister has triggered a change in his personality and sets him up against everything he has ever believed in and stood up for. Willie tried desperately for his best friend to see reason as to why he should not have sought out revenge fearing for changes it would do to him. He kept telling his friend that he is not like that and violent or brutality that his vendetta is setting him up for is not the path he should take. We see at the end of Vega’s story as Sixto left with the gun in his possession that Willie was worried his …show more content…
The consequences that comes with retaliation are by far more severe that the satisfaction it brings. The need for revenge brings on obsession that overcomes your whole being and truants your mind pushing you to act on it. It makes your restless and inflates your every thought for you to give in and do something you will regret for the rest of your life. The obsession that overwhelms if acted upon flips a switch that changes your whole personality and character. Acting on your vendetta changes you in a different person because there is no way committing a heinous crime leaves you remaining the same person you were before. Holding a grudge against someone that long while plotting and planning on how to make them suffer turns you into a bitter and hateful person. However, choosing the high road of forgiveness elevates your personality and character and propels you into becoming a better and stronger person. Remember that revenge is one of these things that we crave and no matter how tempting it is or how strongly it draws you in one can find it in them to resist. That craving that we feel maybe something that we want but do not necessarily