He Becomes Deeply And Famously Drunk Analysis
Taylor Glenn
Composition & Rhetoric 1302-600X
February 4, 2015
He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk When reading “He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk” the main character, Archie, wanted to avenge his father; he died when Archie was just five years old. His mother became a drug addict after the death of her husband and he became a delinquent. His mother sent him out to a ranch, where people who worked with his father could keep an eye on him and keep him out of trouble. Archie wanted to kill the man that killed his father, not knowing that vengeance is not what he really wanted. Most people get revenge to feel better about a wrong that has been done to them. In the story, Archie feels it was Calfred Pulsipher, the man who killed his father,
that wronged him. Revenge is not something that makes people feel better. Sure, that person feels better for a day or two, but when reality sets in and the person thinks about what he has done he goes right back to the empty feeling he had before. Most people begin to want revenge through emotion, when they are sad or mad. A vengeance is like a black hole that sucks people into doing the wrong things without thinking of the consequences of their actions. Archie was drunk and emotional from watching Jesus with his family when he decided he wanted his revenge. When Archie got to Calfred Pulsipher’s house and saw him as the old man, he was and not the young man from the paper, he could not get revenge. People who look for revenge are just looking for closure. Archie got the closure he needed when leaving Calfred’s house and realized he did not want revenge. Vengeance is not something people should want to do. We have all done it at moments of weakness and we look back at it now, most of us think I should not have done that. It sneaks up on people at their most venerable moments. Archie was sad because he did not get that father and son relationship that most children get, causing him to want revenge. It took him twelve years to realize he did not want revenge all he wanted was closure.
Works Cited
Udall, Brady. “He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. Fifth Edition. Boston. 1997. Pages 531-549. Print.
Composition & Rhetoric 1302-600X
February 4, 2015
He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk When reading “He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk” the main character, Archie, wanted to avenge his father; he died when Archie was just five years old. His mother became a drug addict after the death of her husband and he became a delinquent. His mother sent him out to a ranch, where people who worked with his father could keep an eye on him and keep him out of trouble. Archie wanted to kill the man that killed his father, not knowing that vengeance is not what he really wanted. Most people get revenge to feel better about a wrong that has been done to them. In the story, Archie feels it was Calfred Pulsipher, the man who killed his father,
that wronged him. Revenge is not something that makes people feel better. Sure, that person feels better for a day or two, but when reality sets in and the person thinks about what he has done he goes right back to the empty feeling he had before. Most people begin to want revenge through emotion, when they are sad or mad. A vengeance is like a black hole that sucks people into doing the wrong things without thinking of the consequences of their actions. Archie was drunk and emotional from watching Jesus with his family when he decided he wanted his revenge. When Archie got to Calfred Pulsipher’s house and saw him as the old man, he was and not the young man from the paper, he could not get revenge. People who look for revenge are just looking for closure. Archie got the closure he needed when leaving Calfred’s house and realized he did not want revenge. Vengeance is not something people should want to do. We have all done it at moments of weakness and we look back at it now, most of us think I should not have done that. It sneaks up on people at their most venerable moments. Archie was sad because he did not get that father and son relationship that most children get, causing him to want revenge. It took him twelve years to realize he did not want revenge all he wanted was closure.
Works Cited
Udall, Brady. “He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. Fifth Edition. Boston. 1997. Pages 531-549. Print.