Godfather Death

Being the 13th born son and having your parents giving you to your godfather Death, that is a bad way to start your life. The story that Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm made was a dark story that reminds me of the tragic book the Tell Tale Heart. This Irony has symbols that connect with the death symbol.

The ironic story starts in chaos because the new son has to go to his godfather because he dad can not feed him and care for him at all. He is barely hanging on with the 12 other kids. The godfather tells him what to do. So death goes into these woods and gives the boy this herb that makes him into what his godfather wants him to be. He chose to have him be a doctor. When he starts his godfather chooses to save that person’s life. That is the part where he struggles for life or sanity. So the godfather would stand invisible either at the person’s feet that symbolizes death or if he stands at the person's head that means he will save the life. He saves a lot of lives but then there is a guy that Death chooses to take his life so he stood at his feet but the doctor could not kill the man. So the doctor saves his life so death is angry but he will give him one more chance. Now there is a princess that needs help and the king will give him anything so she can marry the prince. Death stands at her feet so the son turns the table so he is standing at her head. Then the doctor saves her life. The godfather takes his god son to this cave that is lit up by the candles that symbolize life for every one. If the flame goes out that person dies. So the doctor asks where his candle is. Then death shows him his candle and it is the smallest in the whole cave. He is going to die really soon. Then death said you deserve this and the flame goes out, falling onto the ground. That is where his life ends as the death symbol.

The events and characteristics of this story are ironic. When the candle went out the doctor's life was gone and death got its way.