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A Boy Named Sue By Shel Silverstein

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The word good can be a variety of things, but the actual meaning is to be desired or approved of. Although on the other hand, the word evil means profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force. Based on the relationship between good and evil I believe that evil implies good but good does not imply evil. Good is its own measure, Good is not measured by evil. We do not determine how good something is based upon an evil standard. On the other hand, evil is measured by good. Without a good standard to begin with, there is no way we can call something evil. To call something evil, we must know the good.

In the poem “A Boy Named Sue by Shel Silverstein”, the boy stated “Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean.” I believe this ties perfectly into what I was saying before about evil is measured by good. I say this because it’s understandable about the boy growing up mean but he had to come from somewhere, such as his dad leaving him and his mother as a younger child. The boy then goes on to say “well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad from a worn-out picture that my mother had and I knew the scar on his cheek and his evil eye.”. I used this quote because it’s like a form of karma to me, such as what goes around comes around. The boy was growing up mean, and his own dad was an evil snake. …show more content…

I believe it’s people’s actions that make them evil, like the things they do such as burning something down like a city. One of the seven deadly sins such as “Wrath” ties into evil because wrath means extreme anger, so it’s like the maximum that will drive you to do evil things. Another deadly sin that can be evil is “Gluttony” because it means habitual greed. So you can be greedy from anything, such as money. I say money because people will do some crazy things for their own money, or even just to get

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