Two Fishermen
There are two men, which have the great difference. Michael, a town repeater who is tall and eager. The other is Smith, a very small fellow who has a appalling occupation called hangman. In the story ¡°two fishermen¡± by Morley Callaghan, the author sets these two people on one boat at the beginning; I think his intent is to make a opportunity to let these two strangers having a conversation in order to give us a initial impression about the main characters.
Smith, in many ways attracts our attention. Although he is a mild, harmless looking little guy, he performs a very difficult job (hanging) without shame. ¡°Somebody¡¯s got to do my job. There¡®s got to be a hangman¡± ¡° the job hasn¡¯t been so disagreeable¡±. From the quotation we see that Smith loves his job no matter how other people say about it. Michael, however, he doesn¡¯t appreciate his own job very much even it¡¯s a nice one. ¡°But it¡¯s nothing like a first-class city paper and I don¡¯t expect to be working on it long. I want to get a reporter¡¯s job on a city paper.¡± Michael, on the other hand is kind of discrimination against Smith¡¯s job. ¡°If you took another job, you and your wife could probably go fishing together.¡± ¡°I just meant that if it was such disagreeable work, Smitty.¡± As we see here, Michael¡¯s attitude toward to Smitty¡¯s job could relate to our real life. In our society, there are many difficult jobs. People don¡¯t like them because they are dirty or dangerous, but if we don¡¯t go to do, then who will do them for us? As a victim, Smith in the end is almost killed by the angry crowd. ¡°One small stone hit him on the head. Blood trickled from the side of his head as he looked around helplessly at all the angry people.¡± I wonder that is Smith responsible for the unfair judgment of hangingThomas Delaney? Why the town people get so angry with him? I think Smith didn¡¯t do anything wrong, and hanging Thomas is just the duty of his job. It is also an irony of the story, as we see what
Smith, in many ways attracts our attention. Although he is a mild, harmless looking little guy, he performs a very difficult job (hanging) without shame. ¡°Somebody¡¯s got to do my job. There¡®s got to be a hangman¡± ¡° the job hasn¡¯t been so disagreeable¡±. From the quotation we see that Smith loves his job no matter how other people say about it. Michael, however, he doesn¡¯t appreciate his own job very much even it¡¯s a nice one. ¡°But it¡¯s nothing like a first-class city paper and I don¡¯t expect to be working on it long. I want to get a reporter¡¯s job on a city paper.¡± Michael, on the other hand is kind of discrimination against Smith¡¯s job. ¡°If you took another job, you and your wife could probably go fishing together.¡± ¡°I just meant that if it was such disagreeable work, Smitty.¡± As we see here, Michael¡¯s attitude toward to Smitty¡¯s job could relate to our real life. In our society, there are many difficult jobs. People don¡¯t like them because they are dirty or dangerous, but if we don¡¯t go to do, then who will do them for us? As a victim, Smith in the end is almost killed by the angry crowd. ¡°One small stone hit him on the head. Blood trickled from the side of his head as he looked around helplessly at all the angry people.¡± I wonder that is Smith responsible for the unfair judgment of hangingThomas Delaney? Why the town people get so angry with him? I think Smith didn¡¯t do anything wrong, and hanging Thomas is just the duty of his job. It is also an irony of the story, as we see what