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Juan Rulfo Tell Them Not To Kill Me
"Tell them not to kill me" by Juan Rulfo was an interesting short story. It had many strong emotions in it, death, sadness, hopelessness, and even the littlest bit of love.
Even if we love someone, that wont get anyone out of "jail" for killing someone. lets say, someone fed a dog chocolate. the person would still have to fess up and get punished even though he claims "his little sister dared him too" he would still get sent to his room while his parents buried the dog in the backyard. this is whats happening to Juvencio except instead of getting punished he's trying to save himself. the thesis, "just because you have a reason, doesn't make it right" Rulfo shows this while telling Juvencio side of the story and is saying that he tortured
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that's what happens when you let your whole life pass without thinking about anything but yourself. Don Lupe had killed a cow of his to stop him from having his cows grazing on his property, so he then in turn killed don Lupe without hesitation. he still didn't have a good enough reason to kill someone. there is no reason to kill someone if its not already your job like a doctor with sick patients, or a criminal like our …show more content…
Its hard to figure out when you shoul kill someone for selfe defense but if you feel like your life is threatned, you should try to get out of there as soon as possible. Those are the only reasons I van think of for killing anyone after all an eye for a eye makes the whole world

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