The Bronze Bow

 

David S

 

Essay Template Six

 

The Bronze Bow                     

 

 

Have you ever had to make a decision where part of it helped you, while the other part wasn’t your favorite? In the book The Bronze Bow, Daniel had to make one of these such decisions. Everyone agrees that Daniel went down the mountain to visit his sister and his grandmother, however some people believe that he was right in going down while others believe that he was quite foolish in doing so.

 

The first reason Daniel did the right thing in going down the mountain is that he needed some fresh air. Daniel was living in the mountain so long without any source of information from the world that he would become like a hermit. He would become consumed by his anger for the romans with nobody to talk it through with. And he would go insane and become uncivilized.

 

The second reason Daniel did the right thing in going down the mountain is that His sister and his grandmother needed him. They would die without Daniel’s help. It was Daniel’s job as a man to help his family. And there was no one else who could help them. Daniel should have been living in the urban village with his family, but he was living in a rural mountain.

 

The Third and final reason Daniel did the right thing in going down the mountain is that he would eventually meet Jesus. Jesus would help Daniel think about the romans correctly. Jesus cares about Daniel and he loves him. Since Daniel had no father or mother and he was not around his siblings, he was not loved by anyone and this created in him a hard, cold, and unforgiving personality. The last reason is that Jesus was the most important person in the world. Going down the mountain would give Daniel a front-row seat for some of Jesus’ most legendary miracles that would change his life forever.

 

Some people say that it was a burden to Daniel, they would make him feel bad for them and then he would have to keep coming down the mountain. However, this reason Is inadequate because it is good for Daniel to go down once in a while and meet up with his friends. In fact, it was as if they were doing him a favor without him even knowing it.

 

Another common argument they use is that Daniel has a job in the mountains and needed to do that. However, this reason is inadequate because Daniel could set up a shop in the village and work there.

 

Neither the fact that Daniel might have to keep going there repeatedly, nor all the work he would have to catch up on when he went back to the mountains make up for the other things he would miss out on if he did not go down to the village.

 

Daniel did right thing in going down the mountain because he could get fresh air, help his family, and meet Jesus. This matters to nobody because nobody would care.