Prompt: The Alligator River Story
People often do out of the ordinary things for love with the best intentions. "The Alligator River Story" is a good example of how an event with the best intentions can go so terribly wrong. Although I do not agree with the actions that take place, I can see how the characters of the story may have felt. To rate the characters, I opened up my mind, and considered each one's other options.
I rated Slug, Abigal's friend a one because he was the only one that I could reach out to on some level. Slug's actions were based on seeing his friend in pain and agony, and simply reacted on compassion and heartache. Although it does not make his actions right in any kind of way, he had passionate reasons for why he did beat Gregory.
Gregory would be rated a two. Although is actions do speak louder than words, and he should have still loved Abigal after she allowed another man to do those things to her, he should have been allowed the choice of whether he still wanted Abigal after her stay with Captain Sinbad, without having severe consequences.
Abigal is rated a three. Abigal had other options besides sleeping with Sinbad. Although it would have been inconvenient, she could have drove the 50 miles to the bridge every day, if she truly felt that she was being violated by Sinbad. Also, laughing at a man's pain is never respectable in my book, no matter what the circumstance is.
Ivan is rated a four. I will never respect turning a friend away when they are in a time of need, especially if there is something you could do to help them. Ivan could have stopped the story, and stopped Abigal and Gregory's relationship from falling apart if he would have simply helped his friend.
Sinbad, the sex-driven boat captain, would be rated a five, because I see him as a despicable man. Although many of the other characters had many flaws, this man could have easily stopped the path that the story went down by taking her over the river, without such horrifying stipulations. Sinbad truly deserves no respect, and he certanly do not get any from me.
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5 comments:
Pass. Interesting ratings. Looks like you put some thought into it.
Pass. I thought your reasons were interesting, and you stuck to your were by staying open minded.
Pass. You explained your grades very well. They are interesting. I can not say I fully agree though.
Pass. There were a few grammatical errors but your ratings were interesting.
Pass: I loved it! Nicely organized and well thought out.
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