Good vs. Evil
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Re: Good vs. Evil
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I commend the intention. I agree with the idea that despite the condition that everybody is trying to be good and working for the general welfare, we can still squeeze interesting conflicts because of individual differences and individual perception towards what is best.Rebeccaej wrote:I set a challange for myself, in the novel I'm writing, to write a world entirely without malice, without rage, essentially without evil, and see how much conflict I could get out of a world where everybody is working from good intentions.
It turns out, quite a lot, and a lot is in moral gray areas or "blue and orange morality," that I find a lot more compelling than good vs evil.
Knowing that somebody is kind and loving, and watching them argue in favor of atrocities, for reasons you used to believe yourself--that just feels a lot more interesting to me than moral absolutes.
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It reminds us that world is full of good and evil, it is in our hand to choose the right one. Happiness is when unpredictable things turn out to be good.
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I agree, I love a evil character who is developed and realistic...especially realistic. I hate seeing a villain who is just so...fictional. They are just so poorly created that there is no way they could ever exist in real life.Kdonegan91 wrote:I agree that these books can become predictable. However, the twist and action between the beginning and end is what keeps me reading. On the other hand, the evil character can't be boring and one-dimensional. That completely ruins the book. I enjoy well developed characters that are realistic.
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Yeah, multidimensional is really great for stories and sometimes it is nice for the good vs evil thing to get flipped on its head.CrescentMoon wrote:The Good vs. Evil theme is definitely a widespread theme in many stories, but I actually really like it when it is expressed as more of a grey zone instead of black and white. East of Eden by John Steinbeck is one of my favorite books and the good vs. evil theme is strong in that book but moreso in the sense that people are multi dimensional and layered so you can't be purely good but you don't have to be evil.
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