Goddard & His Views How Goddard’s views separate him from the other scythes. When born, every individual grows up in distinct backgrounds. Each individual has contrasting beliefs and mindsets. In the scythedom, each scythe expresses individuality one way or another. The compelling novel Scythe by Neal Shusterman presents distinguishing aspects of Scythe Goddard. The story is set in a society where humans have finally uncovered the secrets to immortality. However, this has brought overpopulation and to combat it they constructed the scythedom. Essentially, they have these characters called Scythes who glean from individuals. Gleaning is the act of killing a character. Scythe Faraday decides to take upon two apprentices for them to be appointed …show more content…
The death’s of individuals, if anything, have created satisfaction for Goddard which shows a disconnect. Scythes are required to write in gleaning journals about their experiences and in one of the journals Goddard wrote and he states, “Gleanings should be iconic. They should be memorable, too. For those who will be gleaned, do we not, at the very least, owe them a spectacular end?” This demonstrates that he has no respect for those he gleans. When individuals die, we respect them by offering them a commendable funeral. On the other hand, Goddard believes that that is something that shouldn’t materialize. Additionally, this presents how when he gleans, he does it in a manner that showcases how lunatic he gets. Afterwards, Goddard attempts to dispose of Citra to eliminate her from the competition between her and Rowan. He frames her in the hopes of sending her to jail. This backfires on him, and Citra is freed. This builds Goddard's anger and the result is him gleaning an entire festival to release his rage. Rowan declares that, “He released his rage at a crowded harvest festival. Scythe Chomsky used his flamethrower to set a corn maze ablaze, smoking people out to be picked off one by one by the other scythes.” In the novel author Shusterman reveals that they have to abide by ten commandments. The second commandment states