I really liked this reading. I think things like this still happen. There is a big conflict in this story. A young boy by the name of Bayard is face with this bif conflict. He is faced with the fact that his father is shot and everyone expects him to get revenge. The Young boy is forced to grow up. In a way Bayard feels guilty for his fathers death. In the story a positive character is Ringo. Ringo is a former slave. He shows that he is loyal to the family by crying over the death of Bayards father. This story is different because Ringo is actaully a positive character. Ringo grew up with Bayard. He is considered more like a friend then a slave. Ringo and Bayard have this history to gether , of killing Ramby a man that killed there grandmother.
As the story goes on Bayard has to figure out what to do. He fights with what society wants him to do. Bayard is supposed to get revenf for his fathers death. he is supposed to get revenge because that is what a southern man should do. Deep down inside Bayard doesnt want to do anything but he is faced with " social Pressure". He has been raise around family violence and there for doesnt believe in violence anymore. He gives people the idea that he is going to seek revenge, but deep down iside he doest want to.
Ok your probably wondering where the word Verbina comes into place. Well, Verbina is a lemony smell. Bayard compares it t the smell of the garden. He relates it to his childhood memories, it is sort of like he is leaving it all behind. Finally when Bayard goes to the office to "kill" Redmond he goes unarmed. I think he goes unarmed because he wants to make it clear that he doesnt want to kill him. But its funny how redmond shoots at him and misses each time. Its like he n=knew he was unarmed and didnt want to kill him.
I think things like this still happen. People are faced with moral issues that are influenced by society. Society and social status forces us to do things that we dont want to do. Sometimes people do things because they are scared of what people mite think and deep down inside we already made up our minds. Everyone expected Bayard to get revenge but all along he was through with violence and didnt want to repeat his fathers history.
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I agree with you. People of today are still under the pressure of doing things they don't want to do. In the schools, peer pressure plays a major role in this. I think children do things that they don't want to do because they don't want to look bad in front of their peers. In the story, Bayard is forced with a major choice. Either he can do what he feels is right, or do what the others tell him and expect him to do.
I think you are right, things like this can still happen. I don’t think that they would necessarily occur to this extreme because society has changed drastically since these times, but people can still be pressured greatly by others to do things they don’t want to do. Bayard knew what he wanted to do after his father’s death, but at the same time the pressure of the community made him uneasy about what he would eventually do. He knew that killing was wrong and it wasn’t going to resolve the death of his father. Society still believed that Bayard should go ahead and kill Redmond, and they all made it very clear they supported him doing this. In this situation it would be easy to making an irrational decision based on anger and the pressures around him. Fortunately Bayard was a very strong person that was able to stand up for his own beliefs and not make his decision based on what society was telling him was the right thing to do.
I think social pressures are a big part of our society today. Every where you look there are advertisements and commercials showing the lastest trends, from clothing to makeup. I also think there is a big emphasis on everyone being extremely skinny. We are also faced with peer pressures when we are younger.
Although the pressures have changed, I think it is a big part of society. However, I don't think we are faced with such big choices as to what Bayard had to face.
I think we are going to see more characters like Ringo (Order of Verbina) and Nannie (The Old Order) because the pieces are written after slavery ends, so I think it is more social excepted. I allow like Ringo he seemed willing to do anything for the family. I also feel that society drives people into doing things they don’t want to and you have to remember that sometimes what society wants you to do isn’t what you want for your self.
I agree that people still have to face great moral conflicts. Expectations often play a large role in people's actions. I think that Bayard was really brave. He did something that even his father could not accomplish. Although we get the idea that the father was going to go in and end the killings by going unarmed, he backs down and brings a weapon. This shows that he was scared and not as strong of a character as the story tried to make him out to be. To me, Bayard was a much stronger character. He has the internal strength to go in and confront the man that killed his father unarmed. This shows much more courage than shooting someone does. And besides, that would not accomplish anything "real" such ending the violence.
I agree with what you are saying. First of all i think that society plays a huge role on the decisions we make in life. I also think that Bayard knew that he didn't want to kill him all along. But the fact is when society kicks in it makes it even harder to do what you want because the fear of having to deal with society is overwhelming. I enjoyed the plot of the story though because of what it really has to do with: friendships, and revenge. But overall things like this really do happen and it's hard to make the right decision.
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