The Crocodile River Story

[samvara]

After reading the story, rank the five characters in the story beginning with the one you would least like to work with and end with the one whom you would most like to work with. That is, the character who seems the most reprehensible should be entered first in the list. Very briefly note your reasons for ranking them in the order that you do.

There lived a woman named Abigail who was in love with a man named Gregory. Gregory lived on the shore of a river. Abigail lived on the opposite side of the same river. The river that separated the two lovers was teeming with dangerous crocodiles. Abigail wanted to cross the river to be with Gregory. Unfortunately, a heavy flood has washed out the bridge the previous week. So she asked Sinbad, a river captain, to take her across. He said he would be glad to if she would consent to go to bed with him prior to the voyage. She promptly refused and went to a friend named Ivan to explain her plight. Ivan did not want to get involved at all in the situation. Abigail felt her only alternative was to accept Sinbad's terms. Sinbad fulfilled his promise to Abigail and delivered her into the arms of Gregory.

When Abigail told Gregory about her amorous escapade in order to cross the river, Gregory cast her aside with disdain. Heartsick and rejected, Abigail turned to Slug with her tale of woe. Slug, feeling compassionate for Abigail, sought out Gregory and beat him brutally. Abigail was overjoyed at the sight of Gregory getting his due. As the sun set on the horizon, people heard Abigail laughing at Gregory.

Rank them!

Comments

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Most reprehensible would be the sexual predator, followed by the violent assaulter, then probably the judgemental ex-boyfriend, then the non-helpful friend, and then finally the poor woman who seems to be trapped in a fictional reality where she gets to live out every awful cliche I can imagine.

[cricketk.livejournal.com]

Dear god, I don't want to work with any of them! Useless, horrible, absent or vindictive, the lot of them. And I question the basis of the story that Abigail needed to get across the river now rather than finding other ways to communicate with Gregory.

[callistra]

Abigail --> unhappy with her pleasure at her ex-lover's pain
Slug --> for being senselessly violent
Gregory --> for valuing ideals over love/people
Ivan --> because I don't have enough information to really make a call. He didn't want to be a part of it, that's fine, there's nothing in the story to explain why he *should* be, or what he could have done to help the situation.
Sinbad --> he was upfront, and didn't lie cheat or steal, but in a selfish way. At least we all knew what we were in for.

[leecetheartist]

I want to work with the crocodiles.

[rabbit1080]

good point. at least they smile.

[onceamy]

I'd totally swim if everybody I knew was like that.