After reading the short story “Punishment” by Rabindranath Tagore, I feel human should never try or think of blaming an innocent. Also, it brings up the idea of comparing the importance between lover and family, which sometimes would cause an argument between lovers.
In this story, Chandara is an innocent who got blamed on murdering sister-in-law. I feel when Chandara’s husband, Chidam, tells her to admit the crime of murdering and tells her she would be safe is a very sad moment. At the end of the story, Chandara rather died than to live with her husband. I feel Chandara’s living attitude is like people who are admitting suicide. They rather died than to live and face the sadness in their life. Chidam caused his wife to death indirectly. If he never had the idea of telling his wife to admit the crime, I think she would never have the thought admitting the crime and to die. Human should have the living attitude of not blaming innocent, because I feel blaming an innocent to admit someone else’s mistake does not help anyone at all. The person who makes mistake does not get the punishment, and they may make the same punishment again.Also, I feel Chandara should not admit the crime since she didn’t do it. Chandara’s situation just remind me of a song “Innocent” by Taylor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZ1Qf32NA0&feature=player_detailpage
She is innocent. Innocent people should continue living . Just like the song tells “life is a tough crowd,” an innocent who getting blame should speak up instead of admitting the crime quietly.
I can feel Chidam is a selfish person and this is a living attitude that human has. I feel many people care themselves and their family more than their lovers. Even though Chidam wants to save his brother, he should not use his wife for an exchange of his brother’s life. He has ideas of making up stories to help his wife to release from the crime, but why he does not apply the stories on himself rather than his wife. I feel this really shows the living attitude that some people have in this real society.