Why do we hate? Why are we mean? These emotions are able to completely change how you think towards literally anything, and can even lead to other emotions like anger. Despite all of Hate and meanness can do, why do we continue to purposefully cause these emotions? Saki and Sarah Ellis short novels, “Interlopers” and “Gore” demonstrate how hate or meanness towards a person can influence your actions. Saki first illustrates the aspects of hate/meanness through the exposition that reveals how the rivalry that Znaeym and Gradwitz came to be.“As boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other” (Saki 1).Saki comments about how both men’s intentions change over time. In their young stages of life, the feud had created a murderous or violent intent in them, wanting to see the other shed blood. This part of the quote demonstrates how the feud influenced both character’s feelings and thoughts about the other at a young age. At a later stage in life, they only wished misfortune or calamity on the other. This shows how as they grew older, they became less …show more content…
The protagonist of the story explains how Even if she is the twin of the antagonist, she feels as if they don't have any connection as they have No similar attributes. "Sometimes I can't even believe that Lucas and I are in the same family, much less twins. In fact, there have been times when I've wondered if Lucas and I are even the same species”' (Ellis 1). This quote by Ellis shows how Lucas and Amy have confusing feelings about the fact that they are Twins. Both characters feel like they have no correlating physical and personal attributes even though they are related by blood. Being so different to one another, it causes a sort of competition on who can be the better twin. As they grow older, the feeling that one twin is better than the other slowly turns into dislike for the twin and finally blooms into