Goodness

Is goodness always rewarded? In "The Storyteller", whose version of life - the bachelor's or the aunt's - do you think is true to life? Why? Can you think of examples from your own life or experiences to back up your opinion?

• No, goodness is not always rewarded. This is because there is always evil in people. I believe that the bachelor's version of life is more true to life than the aunt's version. I believe that this is true because even when you are good, kind, and nice to people all the time, some people will take advantage of your goodness. Also, goodness may sometimes make you end up in an unchangeable, horrible situation, and sometimes, the situation may even be very depressing. Here is one example: some people may pretend to be friends with you and ask you to help him or her with a certain thing, but in reality, this person is just trying to gain something from you; when he or she reaches his or her goals, you will just be thrown out and ignored like they never met you before. One of the examples in my experiences is that a boy tried to be friends with me in order to gain information about my cousin. Fortunately, this is not a really big issue, so it is alright. But how about the time when you actually meet somebody who will use you just for his or her own purpose?