Everyone undergoes new experiences, relationships with others and through that, people would have both gaiety feeling and emotions of betrayal and disappointment. In Esther's case, her strong resentment and feeling of betrayal might be derived from various perspectives. One can be her deeply entrenched feeling of homesickness and nostalgia, or it can be her dependence toward Father Paul and Lawrence since there is no one else to take care of her. The other is that the people who she actually believed and trusted did not respected her the way she is, and even belittled and disregarded her home and her people. The crucial reason for her attempt to murder would be the fact that Lawrence was the one who actually loved her but soon chooses his faith and religion and gives up marrying her.
People tend to have an emotion of sympathy when others are in the similar situation. Esther was blinded because of the sweet talks Father Paul said, and strongly believed that herself and Lawrence could actually married to be husband and wife. However, the truth was that Father Paul was an opportunist with a twisted and stereotypical mind to judge people by their color. Lawrence is also a man who is affected by his words and establishes his mindset as Father Paul asked him to believe, and think. The fundamental reason that Esther attempted to murder her lover was unbearable emotions of betrayal and sorrow. However, if the context goes deeper, it actually deals racism. Original people, pagan Indian as the passage says, are the victims who were pillaged and abused by the uninvited guests. Esther's murder might be unjustified or unforgivable as to human moral issues, but it reflects or even tries to strikes back how much pain and racial belittlement original people had went through.
To reiterate, it is clear that Esther's murder was derived from the feeling that she just lost her loved one and that relationship does not go any longer. Moreover, it can be interpreted as the people's resentment toward deeply rooted racism because of their region and their skin colors. It is arguable for the fact that Esther's murder but also gives a message that it is unforgivable to give people with prejudiced perspectives.
Hello my name is U Yong Chung. I have nothing to say about your writing. The contents of the writing and also the vocabularies that you used in your sentences were great. I was very impressed of the last sentence that Esther's murder gives message about unforgivable to people with prejudiced perspectives. It was pleasure to read your writing thank you!
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