COMMON THEME

I think the commom theme of all of these stories is being rude and selfish. In The Life You Save May be Your Own the old woman and Mr. Shifftlet were selfish. The old woman was not even thinking about who her daughter wanted to be with, but who she thought was right for her daughter. She shouldn't have forced her into a marriage. Mr. Shiffltlet was only thinking of himself when he stole the car and when he left Lucynell at the diner. He was just trying to get something out of it, and that is why he agreed to marry Lucynell. In Teenage Wasteland Donnie doesn't even think about where is going in life or his future. He just gives up at school and doesn't care. Donnie makes his parents find him a tutor. He can't even do it himself. In Rules of The Game Waverly's mother wants to show her off so she looks good. This is completly rude on her part. She didn't accomplish any goals, her daughter did. Waverly should be getting the attention for it, not her mother. In Book of the Dead Ms. Bienaime's father was selfish and rude for lieing to his daugher. He didn't want her to get angry with him about the torture thing so he made up a lie. He was too busy thinking about what his daughter would think of him if he told her the truth. I would be mad that my father told me a lie. It is not big deal if he made a mistake of torturing people, but only if he didn't lie about it. All of these characters in these stories were just thinking of themselves in a way. It is wrong to act that rude and selfish.