Practical Jokes In our lives, we all have either played a practical joke on someone or was the victim of a practical joke. Practical jokes can be fun for the perpetrator, but can be cruel for the victim. Like Vera from the short story “The Open Window” by Henry Gilfond, I have also played a trick on someone before. My trick is not nearly as cruel as Vera’s is but it her’s did work better than mine. Even though Vera’s trick worked better, it was a bad idea. No doubt about it, Vera’s trick was more cruel than mine. In my trick all I did was place a fake bug on my sister while she was sleeping so that the first thing she sees on her face is a bug. On the other hand, Vera’s trick was to scare Mr.Nuttel with making him think he saw a ghost. A fake bug is not even close to how cruel a ghost prank is. Mr.Nuttel could be a little paranoid now and now be questioning every little thing to be something related to ghosts. Something like a bug wouldn’t keep people up at night fearing for their lives, but ghosts surely would. I would rather think that a bug was on face my face for my whole than think that I saw a ghost. …show more content…
After a few minutes my sister realized the bug was fake. The whole point of practical jokes is to pull off the trick perfectly and get away with it. In my case, I pulled it off but got caught in the end. To my understanding, Vera has not been caught by Mr.Nuttel. For all we know he could live the rest of his life believing ghosts are real. Vera’s trick also worked better than mine because it had more originality. My trick is very basic so it didn’t last long until my sister figured out someone pranked her. I have to give it up to Vera for pulling off the prank