In Broad Daylight: Message and Moral Essay

aft(prenominal) hunger, sex is the most powerful drive in military someonenels. In the outlet of non-fulfillment of this drive, one may turn to evil ways of life by which is meant resorting to actions not conside personnel casualty right and attendant with unpleasant consequences. Though the story In Broad Daylight is not purposely intended to be a story with strong social message, its author, Ha Jin, unwittingly establishes a public truth that evil begets evil. The term evil has two connotations, one at purely personal and individual level and the second at corporate and societal level. On an individual level, gentle emotions and desires demand freedom of satisfaction. ace does not mind defying customs and systems and wants absolute rights as a human being. Mu Ying, principal character of Ha Jins story and a wench past her prime, indulges in prostitution as she has been dissatisfied with the physical aspects of her relationship with her save Meng Su (Jin 84). She pleads with other woman to consider her case on human basis (Jin 84). Physical gratification is a matter of personal natural selection but it comes into conflict with regulatory aspect of society which to promote a stable system denounces physical gratification outside wedlock and makes it guilty as adultery.The more primitive and backward the society, like China during times of Communist Revolution, the more barbaric the punishment. Mu Yings thrashing a red guard for not paying her money results in her public disappointment and atrocious death at the hands of Red Guards and suicide of her husband (Jin 88) evil begetting evil. The author Ha Jing has not raised any query of morality. He has simply described the incompatible conduct of a person and its disastrous repercussions.