The article "As It Was in the Beginning" written by E. Pauline Johnson is about Esther, an Indian girl, who has strong feelings of homesickness. One night, everything changed. She fell in love with Laurence, who wants to marry her. But his uncle, Esther's Father Paul, is opposite because of Esther's uncertain blood. He was successful to convince Laurence to give up Esther and agree to marry a factor's daughter, a white girl. Esther lost her head and killed Laurence.
This is a very sad story. A lovely girl became a killer during one night. That is very horrible. When she felt jealousy and hatred, she went so far as to kill his boyfriend. I understand why she acted as she did. I think she has serious mental problems. She can't control herself and goes to extreme. I get a lesson from this story. Jealousy is very harmful. I should pay more attention to elimate it.
There is old saying that compromise will make a conflict much easy to resolve. Think about it. If Esther stepped back when she has felt jealousy and hatred, what will happen? If she put herself on Laurence and Paul's positions and try to understand them, will she become a criminal? Definitely not. It's very important to have strong main conscious to subdue the bad thought.
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