A Love for Granted: A Study of “Godfather Death”
In the story “Godfather Death,” the Grimm brothers were trying to give the readers an example of what could happen when all you care about is fame and/or power, and all you think about is “yourself” taking for granted the love someone is caring to share with you. There are not too many characters in this story, yet the plot was interesting enough to keep the readers excited about what could happen next. I mention this because, in my opinion, it’s harder to make a story, and keep it interesting, based on just few characters. The protagonist and the setting of “Godfather Death” are two of the main things that made my reading experience an unforgettable one. First of all, the main character, the godson, is a good example of how the uncontrolled desire for lust and power could change a person’s behavior. The godson started out being this well-known person few days after Death, his godfather, gave him the ability to cure sick people: “He needs only to look at the sick person,” everyone said, “and the godson will tell him if he can get well or not” (9). Unfortunately, he, then, began to desire more than just recognition, and this is where he started to look more towards lust and power to the point where he defi
In conclusion, Godfather Death, being an untrue story made by the Grimm brothers, has a lot of details that would easily convince us that the story could be a factual one. The characters spoke in an understandable way giving the conversations, along with the narrations by the relator, a sense of familiarity to the reader because they sounded as how today’s people talk between friends and others, unlike other stories that sounds more like they are reciting a poem. The radical change in the protagonist attitude and the consequence of his decision made me realize how people can get blindly involved by lust and other things not so necessary to live a good live. Also, now I found it very interesting to recognize the diverse settings that a story goes through since, now that I have to analyze a story, I can see how the authors (in “Godfather Death” case) can play with our minds by giving us the chance to, with just a brief description about a setting, play with our imagination. Although it was not specifically discussed, it is important to note that people shouldn’t take other people’s love for granted, especially if they use it to seek power and/or wealth. In addition to the protagonist, the different settings that the authors used to build up the story were very attractive. At the beginning of the story, the father went to our first
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