Are We Really So Fearful?

After reading an article another article by Ariel Dorfman, I can see that his intention with this play is to show people what would a victim do if they were able to take revenge on their culprit. To me this story had a weird plot and as it progressed the story was to me even weirder. Though I thought it was a little odd, it had a lot to say about the affects of violence and torture. As he explains in his article, torture should not be revengeful punishment for people who have perpetrated others. He makes a good point about America punishing prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. He says that America should be ashamed that we allow ourselves to stoop down to the level of those people who torture. With this play, I think his point was that people should never degrade themselves to seek revenge.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/22/AR2006092201303.html