Why Do We Get Judged

Murder! one gets tried for murder, oneself must go to court in front of a judge, to get judged. One cheats on homework, one gets judged. One will walk in Wal-Mart with short-shorts, flip-flops and no shirt on, one get judged. No matter what, the world and the people on it will judge. Part of human life is to judge people on the things they have done or are doing. In high school it’s everyday life, one time I went to hangout with some friends and a girl I have never talked to before argued I was "louder than I look at school" and I should " be louder in school because she liked who I was out of school" Just on not talking, I got labeled by this girl as a quiet guy and she didn’t want to talk to me because of it. This’s an example of judging

Larry Watson subtly makes the reader notice the laziness, makes the reader judge Wes from this one sentence "As long as my father was going to be a sheriff, a position with so much potential for excitement, danger, and bravery, why couldn’t some of that promise be fulfilled?"(17). In a small town like Bentrock, I would say its not his fault. Wes has a gun but never carries it, and his badge always in his pocket. As a reader one might automatically think because of this statement that Wes is a lazy sheriff. The other judgment made by most people reading the story and from his father in the story is that he is jealous. Wes is a handsome guy, living in a small town as a sheriff, mostly respected by everyone in town. Frank, his brother, better looking war hero and sports star who everyone in town looked up too. Frank was also a doctor, so all that wrapped up as ones brother, was Wes jealous? Like I stated before, This book makes one judge then takes a complete turn multiple times. ""Murder!" My father shouted. And a second time even louder: "Murder!"(120) At this point my whole judgement jumped out the window. If someone asked me in the beginning if Wes would have stepped up to his father like that and I would have called one crazy. I am not saying that Wes changed throughout the book, not saying he didn’t, but from what information the author gave us in the beginning I judged Wes.

Finally we end up at Frank, The man of the book, the legend. Frank is the brother of Wes, the son of Julian, the favorite." As soon as Uncle Frank arrived, his tie loosened and his sleeves rolled up, I felt sorry for my father. It was the way I always felt when the two of them were together. Brothers naturally invite comparison, and when comparisons were made between those two, my father was bound to suffer"(35-36) as of now one must have to think that Frank is a great guy, doctor and better than his handsome father. Wes is a well built and tall guy but Frank was better, Frank was the better son. The end of the book one could think about how the author made them judge frank here too. The reader judges frank at the beginning by saying he is a great guy, he can not do anything wrong. "..He does things he shouldn 't. He takes liberties. Indecent liberties"(45) This is when a reader really starts to question Frank, the war hero. Why would such a great guy do these things to people? By the end of the book one should lose all respect for Frank, because they had all respect for him in the beginning. All the readers judged Frank on the great things and believed him to be a great guy throughout the book then one 's judgements