Wednesday 30 March 2016

Yes Your Honesty

 Yes Your Honesty is an extract from the book, "Anything can Happen", written by both George Papashvily and Helen Waite Papashvily. George and Helen were married writers who had immigrated to America in the 1920's.  The book is mainly based on George's experiences as an immigrant. The language, broken and in Georgian style, adds a lot to the authenticity of the text.

The story focuses on George and his friends. One day, they're chilling in the park. One of his friends gets brilliant idea to steal a bouquet of flowers from a tree. He plucks it and a cop promptly comes and writes them a summons, demanding they either plead guilty and pay a fine or appear in court. All of George's friends take the easy way out and pay the fine, but not George. He is very stubborn.

George feels that it would be lying to say he did something that he didn't do. He finds a lawyer, learns what to say and appears in court. When the judge addresses him he makes the mistake of referring to the judge as, 'Your Honesty', hence the title. The judge silences the laughing courtroom and listens to George's argument. George explains himself and defends his case.

Throughout the court case we learn some important information about George. He was in the army and killed hundreds of people. He beat up a guy who gave poisoned meat to his dog. The judge is impressed by this and acquits him of all charges. The story ends with  the judge shaking George's hand and everyone being happy.

There's 0^0 symbolism in this story. There's nothing deep about anything, so don't worry! The moral of the story is that honesty will always triumph in the end. The author gives a very idealistic and Utopian idea of justice : a system that acquits the innocent and punishes the guilty.

2 comments:

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  2. 0^0 is undefined! Also I'm not familiar with any system of measuring symbolism in numbers. Its a nice summary though.

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