Godfather Death

Imagine being a man who already has twelve children, and you can barely support them. Now you have to raise of thirteen kids. What are you suppose to do know? Money doesn’t grow from trees or just appear, so you hire Death to be your new son’s godfather. Death gives your new son a gift, and asks for one thing; which is he asks your son to never cheat him. Your son cheats him though; but it does not turn out well for him. In the short story “Godfather Death” there is very important symbolism and the plotline is an Irony.

Inside this story there is a very important symbol that shows why the boy cheated his Godfather. When Death gave his godson the herb that could heal anyone; he said “but if I stand at his feet then they are mine”. Then the kings daughter grew sick and needed a doctor, the king said "whoever makes her better will get a hefty reward and one day be king". This was a sign of greed for money and wealth when he still healed her with the herb. After this Death brought his godson to a place full of candles representing life and death. The godsons candle was shortest of all. Death threw his candle on the ground killing his godson.

Along with the important symbolism the plotline of this story is an Irony. To begin with this story is highly unrealistic. Death is everywhere in the world people die, but a skeleton named Death is not real nor is a room full of candles representing people’s lives. In the beginning of this story this world is in chaos the man has to find a godfather for his son. When he says to Death"you are the right godfather you take the poor and the rich without distinction". Near the end of this story the main character, the godson is struggling for life Death is about to kill him. In the end it ended in death when Death killed his godson for cheating him. Obviously all of that wealth and being the king was way more important then the boys godfather.

In this story the main character is not in control. The boy can make the decisions in life, but if he disobeys Death then he gets killed. Depending on when Death is standing at the persons feet or at their head that is what his godson must listen to. If he doesn’t listen Death gets outraged and attacks him. When Death said "It is all over for you. Now its your turn". But if you make a promise to someone you love you must keep it, because if you don’t that person may not forgive you. It was a good deal that the godson had he would have been rich and famous anyway, but he had to mess it up and it ended up in his death.

You can’t lie to or cheat people you love . You don’t want to ruin your relationships with those people. Especially with Death because he will kill you. When you make a promise you must follow it. This would be a hard decision to make though if you would even listen to something this big. That still doesn’t matter . If someone does something good for you then you do something good back. This story had very important symbolism you must pay essential attention to and the plotline is an Irony.