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Although the story is about the robbery, it reveals a side of the situation that you may not expect. Normally we picture criminals to be "bad guys", whose only motivation is evil and personal gain. This time, however, the shopkeeper (Nai Phan) presents us with a few very different perspectives on the man robbing him. Maybe his mother is ill, maybe he has a large family to support and cannot afford it, maybe his father had a stroke and needs medicine, or maybe he just needs to find peace within himself. In a real life situation, people would panic and be afraid, then after they would be angry with the person who robbed them, and would curse him and blame him for everything. Stories like this are necessary to communicate things about life that we may not able to perceive when we are experiencing it directly (such as if it were happening to us, people we know).
Phan is the envy of everyone in town. Despite numerous suggestions by friends, he does not keep his shop open late into the evening. He closes up at 8:00pm sharp, saying that it is "better to go to bed than to get rich quick" by staying open later. He is well known and well liked by everyone in town, and leads a very happy life. He is considered by the townsfolk have achieved true happiness, and could fit into the category of Fry's concept of "wish fulfillment".
Opposite of Phan's contented lifestyle, is that of the young man that tries to rob him. The man has lost all respect for humankind, because he sees the terrible state to which it has fallen. He no longer believes in anything anymore, and thinks all people to be the same deep down. Most people would not fall into this state of being, as it seems to be the ultimate "anxiety dream".
In comparison to the first story, "The Rain Came" (Grace Ogot) deals with significantly different cultures, as opposed to those similar to ours. It points out that other cultures do things differently than ours, and we should not judge others who are different with our morals and beliefs.
Things only got worse with regard to the relations between Spain and America. ... Frye, Senator George Gray and the Honorable Whitelaw Reid (Spanish-American War PG). ... America, however, came out not only with newly acquired property and pride, but also newly appointed heroes in the form of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (Spanish American Relations 2002, PG). ...
Audience Perception of the Stereotypical Black Image on Television In the introduction to the section on understanding social control in Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Paula Rothenberg states "The most effective forms of social control are always invisible"(507). One of the most prevalent forms of invisible social control the creation and perpetuation of stereotypes. Studies have shown that stereotypes can become so ingrained in the minds of those exposed to them that the target of the stereotype might not only believe the mythological image, but also inadvertently act out ...
