Human Nature In Miss Ferrari's The Possibility Of Evil
Why is human nature essential to fantasy stories? Fiction authors convey messages that are relatable to readers by using multiple strategies that ultimately give readers a deeper insight into the literature. Because human nature can be found in every single individual, authors often intertwine life lessons into fictional stories, which can teach people how to act righteously in the real world.
Fictional stories with morals frequently reveal traits of human nature, through a character’s reaction to certain situations, which enable readers to reflect a lesson onto their own lives. In “The Possibility of Evil”, the main character, Miss Strangeworth, reacts to all of the “wicked people in the world…[by] listening carefully”, and writing letters …show more content…
Lara Ferrari, the author of “Suitcases and Snow Globes” uses the narrator’s sad past to shape the plot of the story, like when it’s a “memory that finally guilts [the narrator] into action” (Ferrari 2). Guilt can be found in every individual, especially when someone thinks back into the past about something they regret. Readers learn to become better people by making actions that don’t make them feel bad inside, afterward. The narrator in the short story feels guilty about not sponsoring a child in need of her help but finally makes the decision to accomplish her goals, which influences readers to do anything they dream of doing. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, by Walter Dean Myers, the protagonist, Greg, meets Lemon Brown, who has lost his son in the military “‘ I’ll be watching from the window so you’ll be all right’”(. Lemon Brown’s past allows him to treat Greg like a son, helping Greg to accept that his father just wants the best for him. Therefore, readers learn that a father’s greatest treasure is his child. They also learn that trying to understand something from another person’s viewpoint will, in the long run, benefit them more than having a narrow mind. As a final point, life lessons can be learned through human nature that is revealed in fictional
Fictional stories with morals frequently reveal traits of human nature, through a character’s reaction to certain situations, which enable readers to reflect a lesson onto their own lives. In “The Possibility of Evil”, the main character, Miss Strangeworth, reacts to all of the “wicked people in the world…[by] listening carefully”, and writing letters …show more content…
Lara Ferrari, the author of “Suitcases and Snow Globes” uses the narrator’s sad past to shape the plot of the story, like when it’s a “memory that finally guilts [the narrator] into action” (Ferrari 2). Guilt can be found in every individual, especially when someone thinks back into the past about something they regret. Readers learn to become better people by making actions that don’t make them feel bad inside, afterward. The narrator in the short story feels guilty about not sponsoring a child in need of her help but finally makes the decision to accomplish her goals, which influences readers to do anything they dream of doing. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, by Walter Dean Myers, the protagonist, Greg, meets Lemon Brown, who has lost his son in the military “‘ I’ll be watching from the window so you’ll be all right’”(. Lemon Brown’s past allows him to treat Greg like a son, helping Greg to accept that his father just wants the best for him. Therefore, readers learn that a father’s greatest treasure is his child. They also learn that trying to understand something from another person’s viewpoint will, in the long run, benefit them more than having a narrow mind. As a final point, life lessons can be learned through human nature that is revealed in fictional