Deliberate Words Comarison Saboteur And Why I Live At The P.O.

Deliberate Words

Hurting innocent people, by forcing authority, can happen at home or afar, as is shown in

both author Welty's, "Why I Live at the P.O.", and in "Saboteur" by Jin. In, "Saboteur", Jin describes the events leading up to Chiu's landing in jail for a crime the police officers openly commit. Using their badges, they intimate and antagonize Chiu, who was enjoying a cup of tea at an open restaurant, with his new wife. Arresting him, interrogate him and refusing to let him go until he signed a confession, Chiu refuses and stands up against the government bullies. He requests medication for his heart problem and hepatitis, which met with a refusal. The law then abuses an attorney friend who arrives to help Chiu. They give Chiu an ultimatum to sign the confession or his friend would continue to endure their abuse. Chiu wanting to stop the torture of his attorney friend, finally signs the confession. Once released, Chiu, who has been holding in his anger and rage, decides to visit all nearby restaurants, purposely-infecting people with his hepatitis; hoping the officers will catch his disease.

Chiu's revenge made eight-hundred people sick, killed two children and six others. What he accused the law of doing is the same thing he did deliberately. Chiu's events can happen to anyone, anytime or anywhere. Hurting someone out of spite or hatred is morally and ethically wrong. It is not our place to pay back, but we do it anyway.

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As Jin's writing shows the consequences of revenge, Welty's story also shows how this same thing can happen at home. Welty describes the conflict between two sisters who constantly and verbally hurt each other, until one leaves her home and family behind, showing her revenge on her sister and other family members. Stella-Rondo, the younger of the two sisters, recently separated from her husband returns home to her family and the fight between her younger sister, Sister, begins again.

Mama did not impose her parental authority during the girls' squabbles, but should have. She tells Stella-Rondo that Sister was questioning the fact that the two year old could not speak. Mama could have brought it up a different way without involving Sister. Mama also antagonizes Sister. As Stella-Rondo watched her mother, so she also did. Sister warned Uncle Rondo not to aggravate Papa-Daddy, yet he also refused to listen. The whole family is just one big fight, brought on by Mama, Stella-Rondo and Uncle Rondo. Sister had every right to feel invaded by her sister and her child. Although, the story does not give a clue about the actions of the family before Stella-Ronda returned, but I would guess it was a lot more peaceful.

As both stories show the child-like attitudes of the characters, it also shows how revenge and mean people can hurt innocent people. If the police officers had not purposely aggravated, arrested and abused Chiu, he would have no reason for revenge. If Stella-Ronda had not been mean to her sister the minute she arrived, telling lies about her, her sister would have never of left home or her family? Did Chiu regret killing people or Stella Rondo regret she made her sister leave her home? I doubt it. Both were only thinking of themselves. Did Sister stop to think that she might not be hurting herself, but also her family? I doubt it.

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As Chiu found out months later, he was the cause of the disaster in the city; he should have turned himself in. He will have to live with this the rest of his life. It may destroy him. He may never be the same man and lose everything he worked for, including his new wife. I think that if anger and revenge had not over powered him; he would have thought about the