I had planned on talking about a story I read a week or so ago but I recently read a short story by Sherman Alexie that I enjoyed so much I would rather talk about it. The story's title is "Breaking and Entering" and can be interpreted a different way every time you read it. The story is about an independent film editor who is a victim of a breaking and entering while he is in his house. Without giving away anything important let me just say that one thing led to another and the right to act upon a person wrongfully breaking into your house may have been taken to far. The first time I read it I felt sympathy for the man who had to fend off a burglar. As I thought about what I read I didn't consider the fact that the narrator is the man who was being burglarized. I then read it in the light of a man on testimony defending his actions of his violent defense. He did not seem guilty but the question of who was to blame became more disputable. This story can be interpreted many ways and it brings up many good points pertaining to racism, proper justice and honesty. For the few, if any, people that read this, read this story:
http://peopleandstories.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/breaking-and-entering.pdf
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