The First Stone - Essay
Essay by Geekisaurus • September 24, 2017 • Essay • 945 Words (4 Pages) • 1,160 Views
The First Stone - Essay
Mistakes are tough. Once they are made, there is absolutely nothing you can do to repair the damage, no matter what you try. It is perhaps the most heartbreaking action someone can make and will be used against them in every way possible. In this society, we are defined by our actions, or rather all our mistakes. And Reef’s life is just exactly that. Once a single mistake is made, no one sees anything else but his faults. A massive label floats above his head ominously, showing no mercy to even his everyday thoughts. However, as much as mistakes may break you, they are even able to shape you into a better version of yourself. Mistakes have the ability to open thousands of previously closed doors and lead to a much brighter future, but at what cost?
The kickstarter of the plot of “The First Stone” was during the scene where he stands powerfully over the Park Street overpass, looking down at the civilians that are completely unaware of their potential doom. Standing on this bridge, he feels completely in control of whose life he’ll find himself destroying as he tightly grips onto the rock, almost hesitant to let it go, but the instinct doesn’t linger. His mistake that day was the very thought of ever hurling the fatal stone. This movement would soon place him inside yet another courtroom, confronting the heartbroken and grief-stricken mother of a young teen who was critically damaged after the major vehicle collision. This single fault placed him in such a position where he was obligated to volunteer at the Halifax Rehabilitation Center and face the results of his errors. He had given himself further probation all the while being under the constant care of the North Hills foster home. From Reef’s actions, we are able to learn how much a single action may completely change your life and cost you everything you’ve lived for. The cost of Reef’s mistake was his own freedom.
However, it is most certainly not a tragic ending for our young character. From this life-changing event, Reef is finally able to comprehend how to respect, how to amend, how to learn, and most importantly, how to change. Being in the same house as Alex didn’t seem like exactly the best idea, and everyone knew that. We all guessed that things will start heating up as they pick fights every other hour, and we were right! They, by no means, appreciated each other's presence. Reef disrespected him solely because he didn’t act his gender and vowed to antagonise him for all of eternity and understandably, Alex took into a position of defense. However, this didn’t last long as he slowly began to acknowledge and treat Alex as no one out of the ordinary, respecting his proper decisions and acts. Moreover, once he had started to volunteer at the center, he read to Stephen everytime he took a visit to try to calm him down and let the others peacefully rest. He
...
...