Who's to Blame?
I just got this case study/scenario from my sociology class and wanted to know what everyone's thought would be. Here it goes....There was a wife and a husband and the husband went to work everyday by way of the ferry. After he would leave the house the wife would get on the next ferry out to go into town and meet her lover. she would do this everyday, but would be home in time for her husband so that he never knew what was going on. when she would get a lover she would not get very committed and if it came to getting serious she would break it off. so one day she was out with lover 2 and decided it was getting too serious so she broke it off. while heading back to the ferry she realized she had no money and so she tried to get the ferryboat captain to let her on even though she had no money. He refused her and wouldn't let her on. so she decided to go to lover 1 house and ask him for money. he refused her because she broke his heart. she knew there was a bridge a mile down the road that she could cross but to get there she had to go through an alley which was known for lots of crime and murders. not having anyway else to get home she decided to trust her luck and go down the alley. when walking down the alley she was confronted by a highwayman who asked her to give him all her money. she replied that she did not have any and so he shot and killed her. so the question is this. there are 6 characters in this story. Wife, Husband, Ferryboat Captain, Lover 1, Lover 2, and Highwayman, number them 1-6 in order of who is most to blame for this tragedy and who is least to blame. There are no right or wrong answers just opinions. everyone post a comment explaining why you put what you did, especially who you put as number 1. Thanks I appreciate you all doing this. it's just a school thing that i found interesting. Love you All!
ok so i think that the order of who is most to blame in this story goes like this, number one would be the highwayman, because he commited the murder, therefore it doesn't matter what anyone else did or didn't do he made the choice to kill her and so he is number one. number two is the wife. she should not have been there in the first place so its her own fault she is dead. third is her second lover because if she hadn't gone to see him she wouldn't have been in the situation to be murdered. number four would be the ferryman or whatever he is called for not letting her on the boat without paying. the fifth is the first lover who refused her for breaking his heart. and last of all the husband, i don't think he is at all to blame so that makes him number six. this is cool, i hope lots of people post it will be interesting to see what people think, (including you Lace)
ReplyDeleteOK so the first one to blame is the woman. The highway man would have pulled the trigger for anyone, it is her fault for putting herself in the situation to have been killed. If she had stood in holy places, none of this would have happened. Second is tied for the lovers. They should not be sleeping with a married woman. Had they rejected her all along, then she would still be alive. Third is the killer. I'm sure that he was abused and neglected as a child and is suffering from some mental disturbances. Plus he has lived on the streets all his life and needs to eat like John valJohn. He was probably not prepared for the fight that the woman put up in the street and the gun misfired and accidentally shot her. He was just trying to provide for his little homeless son waiting back underneath the bridge, like on "the Pursuit of Happyness". The husband is next because for some reason he is not satisfying his wife and meeting her needs so she feels the need to wander. And then the ferryman is not at all to blame, because he was the only one being honorable and keeping the rules. No Money, no ticket.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ange,I totally agree, and have since the first time I heard the story. Me and lace knew you would be on our side.
ReplyDeletehaha well i didn't think about the highway mans situation and so looking at it from the hudson's point of view i would have to agree that the wife is number one to blame!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Angela.
ReplyDeleteI think all of your statements are awesome. when I first heard this in class I immediately blamed the wife for the tragedy. after hearing everyone's thoughts I still blame the wife for creating such a bad situation. I know that a lot of the family beside maybe Michael, think that it was the highway man, but i still can't give into my gut feeling which is she is to blame number one. than the highwayman would be held accountable. but the tragedy happened long before any trigger was pulled.
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