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Trickster Trickers Are Boundary-Crossers
Trickers are interesting people because they have their own unique form of artistry. For example, if a man is stealing something out of your car, sure it is not right and you figure that they are a terrible person, but what is there reasoning? It is what that person does with the item that makes them so-called “terrible” people. Nobody knows for sure what he is going to do with that item. He could be using the money he got for the item for alcohol or drugs. He could also be using it to bring food to his family because he cannot afford to pay for it. Just because someone does a bad thing, does not necessarily mean they wanted to do it. You do not know why they are doing it but when it is put into a story, whatever they are doing could help people not “fear” them as much. This would be because we as people would know why they were doing such and act and see the reasoning behind it. …show more content…
Its human nature to want to see people be deceived or tricked. Or visa versa being people who want to actually help the people from being tricked or deceived, We as people want to know what that person is going to do and how it plays out for them but only in the story not in real life. We do not have to interact in order to be weary of these type of people. We like to hear the thrill of the story but definitely do not want to have to actually interfere with them. People do not want to be tricked or deceived but reading it is a different story because we just get to think what if that happened not it actually happening to

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