"The Story of the Door" Reaction

As I was reading the chapter, “Story of the Door,” a moment really caught my attention; it was really confusing but still got me to read more. When Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson came abreast of an entry, it reminded Mr. Enfield of a strange story. The whole story really caught my attention because I can picture what is going on, step by step.

 As Mr. Enfield was explaining it, I was able to really feel like I was there. The part where he states, “…..for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground………” This moment makes me think about how cruel and harsh many people in our world may be. It was a very odd move because usually you wouldn’t leave a child there to scream you would help them up and move on. Sometimes I got very confused with the rest of the story and it didn’t make any sense. For instance, Mr. Enfield states, “…..Well the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones…..” What are Sawbones? And what is this trying to tell me? Parts throughout his story had me thinking over and over trying to figure out what is going on and what he is trying to tell me. Some moments in the story can make me think about a whole lot of ideas but the most important is how people are in reality and how they should be treated.

As I read some of the articles, this specific part made me think back to, “Good and Evil,” and the man was very evil to the poor little girl. The two bumped into each other but it was very harsh of him to just walk away leave her there screaming and scared half to death. “Whether something is good or evil is determined by society and whether society has made that decision correctly or incorrectly...” This quote from the previous article I read tells me that it’s your choice to be good or bad and the choice is either correct or incorrect. Also as I read the article, I was able to say that those who are evil should be treated without respect because being evil is not a good thing; it never is.