This story is really short and sweet, but it gets to the
point right away. With the telling of
this story I feel like it really isn’t dragged out or nothing is lingered on
for a set amount of time. What I meant
by that is that too often story tend to linger on certain details and aspects of
the story without really telling us the purpose of it in the end. With The Night Raid the exact opposite
occurs. We are introduced to our leader
character right away and we find out what he is really all about. We understand that the son is after vengeance
and right off the bat that lets us as the reader know that this will not end well. The reason that I say this is because everyone
knows that a person seeking out vengeance does not go the way that they want,
it usually ends in tragedy. What is also
interesting about this story is that this act of vengeance that is being told
to us incites a much larger battle that the person is not able to watch because
they are dying. It shows that seeking vengeance
sometimes has long lasting consequences that sometimes we cannot see the scope
of.
Even though I said we know who the main character was of the
story, the introduction of another character who seems to be equally as
important sort of confused me. If they
had just focus on the first young man we had met and made it all about his vengeance
and how that incited a larger battle I would understand it so much more
clearly. With the addition of this other
character, its kind of makes us wonder who we should be following along with.
The story is great for the simple fact that short and sweet is sometimes the best
way to do something. While it does have
some problems that story overall, was very enjoyable.
Seige of Cuddalore. (1890)
Richard Simkin. Source: Wikicommons
Richard Simkin. Source: Wikicommons
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