The Duvitches Short Story

I believe that Andy’s father’s solution to punish his boys was good decision, but also a bad one. Yes, it was a little harsh, but the boys were at fault for their immaturity, without considering how it could affect the Duvitches. “We held a brief whispering conversation; and then, egged on by him and quite willing on my own, I played a shameful trick on the Duvitches, the memory of which will come back to the end of my days to plague. Without considering further, I dropped the cake of soap into the tub of fish.” Because of this, their father was at outrage. When the Duvitches came to the town, they were known as the poor of the prosperous neighbourhood. They weren’t treated the same as everyone else, neither was included. “But the Duvitches were marked people. They were the one struggling family in a prosperous community-- and poverty, amid prosperity, is often embarrassing and irritating to the prosperous.
They were so meek! The Duvitches never fought back.” Andy’s parents wanted to be different and wanted to become friends with the Duvitches. The act that the young boys did, wasn’t what father wanted to happen. His father gave them a kinesthetic lesson on how hard it was for the Duvitches to catch sixty-one fishes for their family to survive on. For the other families in town, they don’t have to do such thing because they are able to afford more than what the Duvitches can. Andy’s father wants to show the hardships and the patience for survival like this. After the punishment was over, the boys felt huge guilt and knew that they should’ve thought this through. This harsh punishment could help them learn from their mistakes, and grow away from being mean, to considering others feelings first, whether it’s their family or their