“The Wisdom of Toads” written by Puerto del Sol is a story of a man who is in an Arizona prisoner for having children with a fourteen year old girl. In the story he said he was a teacher and the young girl was his student. He was married to another woman at the time but he ran away with the young girl and the police caught him. He has a bad characteristic and personality which made me feel sick about him.
The book is called “The Wisdom of Toads” because Puerto del Sol writes about how the prisoners lick the toads and eat the fluid they have on their bodies, it is like a drug that can make people feel high. The author has two children who are visiting him in prison and he talks about how seeing a toad in a sandbox in the visiting area which is a natural experience for his children. I think the writer is trying to make himself to be more like who has a positive personality and do things which can show that he cares about his children.
After I read the story, I hoped that this man would never get out of prison. It is kind of a bad example that should not happen between students and teacher. And I am also wondering that why did the girl still helping him to get out of the person. She might have better if the teacher can control himself and not fall in love with the her. Now, she has to try hard and help her husband to get out from the prison, she cannot have normal life that other girl can have.
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You need to read the article carefully. First of all, the author's name is wrong and you have confused the wife with the student in the third paragraph. But you are right in thinking that the writer can't be trusted. Perhaps his concern for his children is to show that he's really a nice normal guy after all.
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