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Human Comedy Pain - College Essay

Human Comedy Pain

In the Human Comedy by William Saroyan, Mrs.
Macauley, an intelligent mother of four in Ithaca, California,
states, “If a man has not wept at the world’s pain he is only half
a man, and there will always be pain in the world.”(p.131)
People are different in many ways but how people deal with
pain gives the world an insight to the character of that person
and who they truly are inside. In a section of the Human
Comedy, Mrs. Macauley shares her view of people, pity, and
pain.
When pain is present in some people, they bottle it up on
the inside and let it fester. This causes pain to be distributed to
others because that person with the pain cannot deal with it.
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Spangler pain would
relieve the pain of all his mistakes, but all it would really do is
cause more pain in himself and others. Mr. Strickman’s actions
are that of an evil man but “I really don’t believe that the evil
know they are evil.”(p.131)
People who can recognize pain but only in themselves are
selfish and self absorbed. Pain is every where but “a foolish
man will not even notice it, except in himself.”(p.131) Mr.
Byfield, the athletic coach at Ithaca High, can only see pain in
himself. He only saw his problem when Hubert Ackley, the
upper class athlete, was kept after class. He only could see how
he needed Hubert to run for him and didn’t recognize the
problem that Mrs. Hicks, the ancient history teacher, had with
Hubert. His situation and not the whole picture is what Mr.
Byfield was focused on.
Perceptive people can observe and recognize the pain in
themselves and the pain of others. If “a good man ...

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