Sunday, August 28, 2011

Quote 2: They don't get better

"But hardly anybody ever finds out that their actions really, actually, hurt other people! People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off of flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it." 60-61

This quote to me shows King's views on the human race as a whole, and probably many other people's views. What he's trying to say is that humans don't just stop doing bad things when they grow up, they just think of more logical, mature reasons for doing them. For example a child that used to fight alot as a kid for no good reason could grow up and be president and say that he's going to make the country go to war because of some other reason that would make the people think that he is very justified in going to war. It is, admittedly, a somewhat pessimistic view on the human race because others think that people do change for the better when they grow up (some people atleast) but still King is justified in his thinking because of what the human race has shown us so far.

"Dead Fly ." Online Image. Wattle Creek Books. Jan.26,2011. Aug.28,2011 <http://www.wattlecreekbooks.com/wattle-creek-blog/?currentPage=4>. 

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