In Chapter Four And Five, The Boys Steal Food Because They Are Starving?
2) Q: In chapter four and five, the boys steal food because they are starving. We usually consider this “acceptable” theft, but the boys stole from other people who didn’t have much food. What was your reaction to this? Was it unavoidable?
A: When it comes to survival, theft is going to happen if one truly need to survive and it is often times unavoidable when there are so few options. When the boys stole food from the families who may have needed it, I was surprised at first, but then I got to thinking about the situation that they were in; they were just people, children, trying to survive a devastating civil war in their country. Sometimes, to survive in that kind of environment, one must break some moral codes just to live another day.
A: When it comes to survival, theft is going to happen if one truly need to survive and it is often times unavoidable when there are so few options. When the boys stole food from the families who may have needed it, I was surprised at first, but then I got to thinking about the situation that they were in; they were just people, children, trying to survive a devastating civil war in their country. Sometimes, to survive in that kind of environment, one must break some moral codes just to live another day.