Critical And Funny But Interesting

The theme of a story is very important. Although the stories may sometimes laugh of the stupidity of the people, there themes are always to be recognized as excellent. In Bulfinch’s Mythology I read several stories in which they “laugh” of society but had an interesting theme. The story of Midas, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Dryope are some of this.The story of King Midas was one, that attracted me allot. A god grants one wish, to the king. His wish is that everything he touches becomes gold. He becomes very rich, but when he is going to drink water it becomes solid gold, and so on; which leaves the king starving to death. This story is very critical about our society. Through Midas, the author states that humans are very ambitions, inconsiderate and selfish. And as a result he ends dying of starvation. But the main theme is: beware of your decisions, and don’t be ambicious, it may kill you. This is actually a very intelligent message.All of these stories were right and very critical. In the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, were both lovers, suicide thinking either that the other is dead or that he is the cause for the others death. You can obviously see how it “laughs” and calls love stupid and blinding. Although all the stories are funny, I wish all the people who read them understand the underlined message and apply it.