War Of The Clowns Literary Analysis
Zafar Khan
Mrs. Lux
College Writing
Nov-28-2016
Literary Analysis To cater and harbor one's own is the premise of every family and civilization. Even during circumstances when no threat is apparent, if a sudden malice were to emerge the initial reaction would be find the source and seize it. In War of the Clowns when two random clowns arrive at a city, they do not stop fighting. People watch and encourage the fighting as long as none of their own people seem to get hurt. However, when one of the clowns kill a citizen within all the action, chaos ensues. The people of the city would never intervene before the killing because to them the situation is only two silly clowns having a dispute. “Who could take them seriously? Ridiculous the two comedians reparteed” (Couto Para. 4). Only when the dispute escalated to the point where one of their own people became involved did they care about the situation. “On the fifth day, however, one of the clowns armed himself with a stick... one of the spectators, unexpectedly, was struck... A certain confusion arose...” (Couto Para. 13). Now that the clowns are involving the spectators, people began to take interest in the situation, but in return, escalating it themselves. …show more content…
People became confused as to what happened which lead to disunity within the city itself. “A certain confusion arose, the souls divided. Little by little, two battlefields began to form.” (Couto Para. 14) They were creating this difference among themselves which, in return, lead to even more conflicts. Eventually the city itself became engulfed in chaos till no one remained. At this point, the two clowns leave only to find another city wreak havoc in, “Arm in arm, they gather the coins from the roadsides...they went in search of another city.” (Couto Para.
Mrs. Lux
College Writing
Nov-28-2016
Literary Analysis To cater and harbor one's own is the premise of every family and civilization. Even during circumstances when no threat is apparent, if a sudden malice were to emerge the initial reaction would be find the source and seize it. In War of the Clowns when two random clowns arrive at a city, they do not stop fighting. People watch and encourage the fighting as long as none of their own people seem to get hurt. However, when one of the clowns kill a citizen within all the action, chaos ensues. The people of the city would never intervene before the killing because to them the situation is only two silly clowns having a dispute. “Who could take them seriously? Ridiculous the two comedians reparteed” (Couto Para. 4). Only when the dispute escalated to the point where one of their own people became involved did they care about the situation. “On the fifth day, however, one of the clowns armed himself with a stick... one of the spectators, unexpectedly, was struck... A certain confusion arose...” (Couto Para. 13). Now that the clowns are involving the spectators, people began to take interest in the situation, but in return, escalating it themselves. …show more content…
People became confused as to what happened which lead to disunity within the city itself. “A certain confusion arose, the souls divided. Little by little, two battlefields began to form.” (Couto Para. 14) They were creating this difference among themselves which, in return, lead to even more conflicts. Eventually the city itself became engulfed in chaos till no one remained. At this point, the two clowns leave only to find another city wreak havoc in, “Arm in arm, they gather the coins from the roadsides...they went in search of another city.” (Couto Para.