Character Analysis Of Patrick Grace In Etgar Keret's Bad Intention

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In the short story by Etgar Keret, Bad Intentions, the narrator is a mechanic who is hired to kill the only man who saved his life. This man is Patrick Grace, he saved him from an orphanage when he was a little kid and ever since he has been a good man in the narrator’s eyes. Patrick Grace is a so called Angel because he has done nothing wrong in his life at any time. (64) This is extremely hard to believe because everyone in their life, whether it was when they were young or old has done something bad in their life. Mr. Grace is a little too good to be true because no one person can fix a whole orphanage and save countless lives that easy as he did. The narrator is a contracted killer as I said earlier, this does happen in the real world in my opinion. We, as the readers, can see that the narrator did not want to kill …show more content…

This is pretty damn crazy because of the fact that if anyone would just leave a bag down with a gun in it, they would be kind of at risk to be caught. Later on, the narrator states, “three days later, in Dallas, I shot some senator. It was a tricky one. From two hundred yards away, half a view, side wind. He was dead before he hit the floor.” This plays a significant part in this story because the narrator acts like what happened the day before never happened. He goes on with his life even though he just stopped himself from killing someone that he knew, but what if that senator was just as good as Mr. Grace, except he never helped the narrator. Everyone has done their sins in life, but everyone also helps people in one way or another. You only remember the ones who helped you though. What are the odds of you actually killing someone that helped you or even saved you in life? Those are slim to none and if that does happen, sometimes you have to do your job anyway, you can’t just stop what you do for a

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