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Kool-Aid Wino An essay by Sandy Shupe The character in the story known as the Kool-Aid w ino was a younger member of a large and poor German family. His older siblings were required to work to help support the family. Even though he had to live with all this adversity, he still had a positive outlook on life. He was always prepared for whatever life threw at him. He never changed his clothes when going to bed. This might show to some people that he was lazy; that he just didn't want to go through the trouble of changing his clothes. Maybe he thought pajamas were one more thing his mother would have to wash, so he didn't wear them. Maybe he didn't have pajamas to change into. I feel that since we don't have the whole picture here, that we can't judge him as "lazy" just because he didn't change his clothes before going to bed. Some might feel that the character was lazy when he told his mother that he would do the dishes "Soon" when she asked him when he was going to do them. How many people, when they are in the middle of a project, stop what they are doing just to do the dishes? None that I know of. He was in the middle of his Kool-Aid making when his mother asked him about the dishes. His reaction was typical of any normal child. He can't be considered lazy just because he didn't jump right up and start doing the dishes. Some people argued that he was rude to his friend and the grocer by not being more polite to either of them. In my opinion, he was behaving, again, like a typical, normal child. I know that many times I have to remind my children to say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with people. Since we aren't aware of a lot of information surrounding the Kool-Aid wino, I don't feel that we can judge him fairly as being either totally positive or totally negative. No one in any society is either positive or negative. We're a combination of both. Many people who have to deal
with poverty, health problems, or other troubles usually
have a negative view on life. The Kool-Aid Wino greeted
each day ready to tackle whatever came his way. He didn't
dwell on things he didn't have or couldn't do, but did
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