“I’m a fool” by Sherwood Anderson Essay

Everyone has morals. The usual ones are Dont lie, cheat, or steal. The tweet in Im a fool by Sherwood Anderson does not seem to possess these morals throughout the story, although he does seem to feel remorseful at the residue of the story. He lies, cheats, and steals, though not in a way most consider normal.In Im a fool the reverse lies. He lies about who he is, where he is from, and what he does. He tells Miss Elinor Woodbury, Mr. Wilbur Wessen, and Miss Lucy Wessen that he was Walter Mathers for Marietta, Ohio, and that his father owned the horse About Ben Ahem, and that his father had allow him out to this Bob French for racing purposes, because our family was proud and had never gone into racing that way, in our own way, I mean, and Miss Lucy Wessens eyes were shining. He then went on to tell her about his place down in Marietta, and about the big stables and the grand big house, He had on the hill in a higher place the Ohio River. He justifies this by saying that he knew enough not to brag and to make it seem uniform they were pulling it out of him instead of him telling them.He cheats by using his lie that he is Walter Mathers, son of the owner of About Ben Ahem. He tells them that About Ben Ahem would lose the first heat by pacing like a lame cow and then he would come back and skin em alive after that, like he had seen it happen before. The con backs this up by having Mr. Wilbur Wessen place thirty dollars of his (the swipes) money on About Ben Ahem for the best odds that he could get after the first heat.The swipe is a thief because he stills another mans identity. There aint any Walter Mathers, like I said to her and them, and there hasnt ever been one, besides if there was, I bet Id go down to Marietta, Ohio, and shoot him tomorrow. This constitutes a murderous attitude just to cover for himself.At the end of the story the swipe doesnt tell Miss Lucy, Mr. Wilbur, or Miss Woodbury that he isnt who he says he is, he doesnt come clear with ho w he knew About Ben Ahem would win, or where he is from, even after Miss Lucy says that she would write to him because She whispered and said it was like she and I could get out of the sauceboat and walk on water. So even though theswipe is remorseful at the end of the story and says Ill quit working an be a bum and give him my job. I dont care nothing for working, and earning money, and saving it for no such fool as myself, he is still a liar, a cheat, and a thief.