Once upon a time, there lived a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. So he found ways to make himself sad so that his tears could make him rich. As the pearls piled up, so did his greed grow...
The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, a knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife’s slain body in his arms.
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This story was written in this novel I’m reading, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. A simple, ironic story that brings out the complexity of greed – I thought it was brilliant and thus I share it with you.
It amazing what some people would do for more things... we just want more. More what? More of anything we can get our hands on. But I find that the things we need more of, we can't touch and don't ask for. Such as love, respect, dignity, wisdom, control, patience, peace, the list goes on and on... fascinating.
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4 comments:
whoa that is crazy! Same here.. i pictured a slain body where the guy is holding his dead wife's body in his arm.. while his other hand held a knife.. and his face facing downwards.
I agree with thispost. That is an interesting image.
But I don't get why the wife must be dead? it leaves so much to the imagination. Not a laughing matter :(
But also ( at the risk of ruining such a good/serious allusion ). I can't help but think, if there's suddenly an abundance of pearls, wouldn't the actual value of pearls go down?
wow... good stuff... story...
man we're greedy people... Christmas is coming up... another Titus gift to the 3rd world? more then 1 gift?
time to give guys... time to give...
oo my friend told me to read that book! good thing i skimmed over the first part of your entry or else the ending would've been ruined!
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