Stephen King
suggests, “[t]he ends sometimes justify the means” (p.256). This is appealing
to me because it has deep meaning and is interlaced with how some people
are. It describes that if someone does
something morally wrong, it is okay as long as the resulting outcome is right.
The novel and life are parallels to this quote; each contains situations when
someone may to something immoral but it is forgotten because of the positive
outcome. This is significant to me because I don’t completely agree with it but
there are situations in which its context is used.
When Rennie
and his son killed the pastor, I felt a great sorrow come over me. Especially
because they felt no remorse and decided to just pin it on Barbie, yet again.
This caused me to think about what type of person could do such a thing. I know
that I never could.
A connection
I found when Junior (Rennie’s son) killed Angie, Dodee, and helped kill the
pastor was with William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is because Macbeth
killed many people throughout the play and he really didn’t care or feel
remorse from that. Although he started getting hallucinations, that was much
after the kills. Junior feels nothing, a cold-hearted killer.
I haven't read the book but from what I've read in your posts it seems intriguing and I might need to. From an observer's prospective Rennie seems like a sociopath who just wants to cause panic and chaos while finding ways to benefit himself. I'm not sure what Barbie could do to stop this since, if I'm correct, he's an outsider within the town.
ReplyDeleteThis quote is very controversial and I dont fully agree with it. I think that in most cases this quote works. People can make wrong choices or mistakes, but as long as they fix their mistakes and create a brighter ending, then it is okay. Though sometimes this quote does not work. I think that some wrong-doings can be too much and cannot be fixed, such as murder. Even if murder or harming another person results in a good way, I still think it is unacceptable. No person should have to lose their life in order to benefit a situation.
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