Mr. and Mrs. Evil

Blog Prompt: The Alligator River Story

This short story is much like what many people in society deal with everyday. One of the important points to this story is to decide what is important and how you handle your problems or situations that arise in life. Do you profit or reap the benefits at the expense of someone else or do you try to do what is right and accept whatever consequences may arise. I will give my rating for each of the characters and try to explain why each received their particular score.

Abigail would be given a score of 3. She had the right intentions but used the wrong methods to obtain her goal. Like any woman, Abigail had a desire to see her man. After going to Sinbad, she decided to seek help elsewhere. Sometimes our friends will give us advice that we can ponder over and in some cases, it will help us to make our decisions. That was to no avail. The friend she sought help from had no advice whatsoever, therefore, Abigail, in her mind had nothing to weigh out. She decided that a little extra pleasure was worth what she considered to be the greater pleasure, which would be Gregory. Also how could she love Gregory so passionately at one moment and laugh so uncaringly when he is brutally beaten. Does love only last for a moment?

Gregory would be given a score of 4. First of all, he was the “man”. He should have been trying to get to Abigail and not the other way around. I can imagine him feeling betrayed, knowing that another man has sampled what he considers to be only for him. Even though he was upset, he could have handled things differently by telling Abigail to give him some time to deal with what she had done. Instead, he treats her as if she is trash and discards her.

Ivan would be given a 2.5. If you are truly a friend there are sometimes when you must speak your opinion even if it causes a strain on the friendship. I believe if Ivan had just told Abigail to think about what she was considering doing and to consider what was more important. Keeping herself true to Gregory or using whatever means necessary to see Gregory. Ivan could have told her to consider how Gregory would feel and his possible reactions.

Sinbad would be given a score of 4.5. He is the lowest, nastiest scum off the bottom of my shoe. He obviously had been eying Abigail and wanted a piece of action to start with and used this situation to his advantage. He is like some men of today, and when we look at him, he is the only one who benefited from this situation. To bad he did not fall out of the boat.

Slug would be given a score of 5. How do you just take what someone tells you and walk into a situation where you could have been the one to get beaten down. I believe Slug did this for Abigail, because he wanted her just like Sinbad. The only difference between Sinbad and Slug was that Sinbad did not mind just coming out and asking for some sex, but Slug it seemed, wanted to be identified as her protector or hero and hopefully she would reward him with a piece of the pie