Humanities class

The Spider’s thread is a compelling story that bases itself on human deeds and the afterlife. The story is carefully construed in order to serve as a paragon for all those transcend the laws set by Mother Nature. It depicts a robber, a man who has committed egregious acts in his time on earth, who is thrown into hell as punishment for his wicked ways. The fact that one good deed supersedes all the ills committed by the robber speaks to the all forgiving quality of Nature and the multifarious chances available to humans for atonement. That said, the very fact that the robber was able to squander his only chance due to his rapacious nature warrants the notion that some people have an innate proclivity to contravene the law. This story presents us with a few a morals, the first of which castigates self interest by laying bare its ghastly implications. Secondly, this fable delineates the fine line between the world of good and evil leaving us with a very lucid idea of the overriding value of righteousness in the mortal world.

Just lather is a story that presents to us in the most lucid way all the hesitation that results from us exercising our morality. The story depicts a barber who finds himself in a most inviting yet daunting position, one that provides him the opportunity to transmute his lowly entity into a hero all the while running the risk of being labeled with the indelible mark of a coward. The great internal struggle that happens inside the barber provides the backdrop for this story. How can he reconcile the urge to kill with his overriding belief in the nobility of a profession that he so vociferously endorses? This last question rings out like an accusation and is one that ultimately leads him to the conclusion that he cannot contravene the unwritten laws of a profession that he has helped to elevate to the status of an art. That said, Captain Torres is himself a very vivid character despite his propensity to commit acts of unspeakable horror, acts that relegate him to the status of a despicable man worthy of hatred. Misinformation is a theme that resonates throughout the story making way for some very exciting turn of events. The very fact that Torres knew the identity of the barber all along the way provides the story with a dramatic and jaw dropping ending. The beauty of the compelling narrative lies in the blatant acknowledgment by Torres in the very end of the difficulty of killing a man. This simple statement changes the very complexity of the story leaving us admiring the ingenuity of the author.