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The Justification In The Use Of Force By William Carlos Williams

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The Justification
The story “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams describes a doctor’s emotions when he tries to treat a perverse child. The doctor changes his attitude from a kind doctor to an aggressor because of the conflict between him and the child that is the main theme of the story. Can we use the force to achieve our goal? If the force is the only way to save a person’s life, is it a justification?
Dr. Williams is the main character and the narrator. The doctor enjoys using the force. At that moment, he cannot separate between goodness from his humanitarian work and a challenge that lead him to be enjoying violence in different ways. He mixes up between love and cruelty.
The doctor has strength of observation when he describes the mother as, “A big startled-looking big, very clean and apologetic,” and the child as “Fully dressed.” Also, he does not forget to report their acts when he says, “The child was fairly eating me up.” …show more content…

He knows there are many kids in her schools have a deadly disease, so he has to check her throat. When he tries to open her mouth, he uses his best skillful method to persuade her to open her mouth. The doctor wants to have a solution to make her dutiful; he treats her very well. However, she does not move, which means she refuses, so he tries another way, but it does not work. When her mother says he is a kind doctor and will not hurt her, he feels disgusted. Then he knows he has to use another way. The doctor moves toward her, and she attacks his face like a cat does. He is getting angry, so he threatens her. If she does not want to open her mouth, he will be using the

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