"It's horrible. If men do not tell the truth, do not trust one another,

then the earth becomes hell indeed."

This lack of honesty toward man is shown throughout each characters stories, each unable to talk about themselves without embellishing, and constantly creating lies to make them feel that they re better people then they really are. It even shows this need for flatte

The horror of the human nature eventually dominates every character, from the bandit, the ommon man, as well as the wood cutter who believes in doing the right thing, who then in turn

If for not the introduction of the baby then we would have been left with an ending that left the woodcutter lost in a guilty stupor, the priest would have remained with a feeling of lost faith while the commoner would have remained the same selfish being regardless of what has transpired before him.

dishonesty and distrust. The baby would act as both an object that would show hope for man, by bringing out the kindness in the woodcutter and giving renewed faith to the priest, as well as showing the continuing chaotic disorder of the world, as seen with the commoner stealing the child's possess

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Approximate Word count = 526
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)