Avidness Disadvantages
“I have decided that the price of the smell of food shall be sound of money.” These words were said by I. G. Edmonds in his story Ooka and the Stolen Smellwhich talks about a poor student who lives over a tempura shop. Its owner is an avid man who goes to the court to complain of the poor student because he smells the fries of the fish. This rightly indicates the avidness disadvantages.
First, Edmonds says, “Of course everyone laugh at him. For how could anyone steal a smell?” When the shopkeeper goes to Ooka to tell him about the student who steals the fish’s smell, and he should pay for the smell. Indeed, his greed him lose the mind and do a stupid act to earn the money even though he knows that people will laugh at him.
Another thing is that the shopkeeper loses some money. For example, if someone gambles, and he wins at the first or the second times, and he tries to push his luck, he may lose all of his money at the third time. Thus, we see the shopkeeper be a close to call, and he is nigh to pay to the poor student when he hears the sound of the money.
In the story, the author needs that to show us we should be a kind people. Also, there are many things we cannot sell even though we make it.
Works cited
Surpr!ses15 GREAT Stories with Surprise EndingsBy Burton Goodman , story number 11Ooka and the Stolen Smell.
