Vengeance is a huge part of today’s society. Everyone has such huge egos and people’s reputations are such a big part of their lives that getting vengeance is a big part of not only current American society but, also in the whole world. If someone embarrass you, makes fun of you, or makes you look bad then you are very likely to try and get even with that person or try and get vengeance. At my school I see this a lot. One person will make fun of the other one, so the person who got made fun will get vengeance by talking behind the other persons back. You can see this in everyday society too. A lot of times whenever someone murders or kills someone else, it is because, that person wanted to get revenge on the other person. In the Middle East, one group will bomb or hurt another so, the other group will seek vengeance on the group that hurt them. Yesterday there was the Massacre at Fort Hood. A military man did not want to de deployed into fighting again, so he took vengeance on the people around him because, they were trying to make him do something that he did not want to do. Vengeance and holding a grudge are horrible things to do. Trying to get back at someone solves nothing and only makes matters worse. Getting vengeance on someone may make you feel good for a short while, but after that the consequences of your actions or the guilt from what you did can make you feel horrible about yourself. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor seeks vengeance on Fortunato, and even though he is successful in his vengeance, fifty years later he has some guilt about his crime that he did. Even though you may think that everything will be a lot better after getting vengeance, the chances are that you will just feel a lot worse about yourself and actions.
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