Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Mark of Satan

I was actually pretty disappointed with this short story though it Wasn't bad and an easy read I suppose i expected more from the title, maybe its because I'm sitting in the waiting room of a hospital but i didn't really enjoy it. Anyway from what i got 'Mr. Flashman" had the intentions of raping Thelma . I think that rape is pretty evil, although he had no plans to kill either of them at first he had a sense of goodness in the way he went about it. A sort of eire sweetness, an example is when the narrator reveals that he wouldn't want the child's heart to stop beating after he measures how much to put in each drink.This guy is about to rape a messenger of God, that's about as bad as it gets, why would he care? It is definitely a battle between good and evil, not only Flash and Thelma but Flash and himself. Throughout the story he switches back and forth from personalities he is sure to have psychopathic tendencies but are they induced by the devil? I personally am not religious but do have what i believe to be premonitions. Flashes premonition could have been just a craving for violence or a sign from God to change his way and that his chance was coming but the point is your not supposed to know. The story ends with Flash "changed" and for good too because the part about bleeding out his sins or creating deep wounds in his knee that would develop into scars so he will always remember the day he was saved kind of leads you to believe that he is pointed in the right direction. Lets not forget that he was about to rape an ordained missionary as her four year old daughter lay sedated somewhere close by. Using my imagination from where the story left off he slipped back into his duel personalities and went back and forth from leading life with no regret or morals to a sad and pathetic piece of charity work.

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