Killed By a Knife by "Tom Ensor" - Reflection section

 Text title: Killed By a Knife

Text type:  Short story

Text creator: Tom Ensor

Text purpose: To show the understanding of figurative languages through the use of a short story.

Date: 21/09/21

Summary

In this text, the narrator talks about how he felt through slitting through the neck of an old sheep. This sheep was on their farm for years now and he was given the opportunity to kill it. At first, he felt as he was a candle melting away with nervousness. looking through the sheep's eyes at it trembles with calm fear, the narrator held it and quickly slit its trough. At the end of the short story, the narrator talks about regretting what he has done to the old poor sheep.

Critical Question - How are children, teenagers, young adults, and adults constructed in this text?

In the text, "Killed By a Knife" by Tom Ensor, young adults are portrayed as if they were sensitive killers. For instance, in the last two sentences of the short story, the narrator talks about how the blood came running down from its trough and the last sentence "I rose in a dace, hardly believing what I had done". This means that the narrator was ordered to kill the poor old sheep, and hesitated so to do it. However, at the end, he still did it but regretted it.