"Godfather Death"

When you are born the 13th child of your family things can be rough, but they can get a whole lot worse if your Godfather happens to be Death. In the story Godfather Death things go from bad to worse in a second. There isn’t any way to fix things either; it’s either deal with it or death. Watch out, death can come to you like a lion, looking for someone to devour. Through the symbols in this irony, the reader sees that the enemy is death.

First, some of the symbols in this story are the candles, the candles in this story were supposed to represent how long we had to live. The cave that the candles were in was dark, which means darkness which means evil. Death is evil. He plots and schemes against people to make them fall for his good act. The candles are light because they are peoples’ lives and they are fighting against death to remain living. They are trying to resist death and live forever. Life is one big battle life against death and it has been that way since the beginning of time and nothing could change that.

Secondly, this story was quite ironic, because the godson couldn’t control his own life because his godfather death was. I thought that this story was incredibly unrealistic, because you could never have God or death be your godfather so this story in a way didn’t even make sense. Also it is unrealistic because I don’t think that death really keeps candles in a cave that count down your life. A godparent is supposed to be a family friend not death. If your godfather is death than I have some bad news for you, your life road is short, under construction; it’s the end of the line for you.

In conclusion, this story is sad how in the end death wins any way because, we all have to die at some point in time. And those candles in the cave show whether you have a long life or a short one. Sometimes it will be short, sometimes it will be long. You have to be on the good side of death to get a long, happy life though because if you were like his godson things will not be good if you aren’t.