no way, your the one who commits the sins

In this article the author, David R. Slavitt, puts himself in the position making a poem out of the each of the seven deadly sins and applying it too himself. He treats each category or sin, if you will, as if he is defending it. He plays first person quite well i might ad.

Forexample, “Pride gives men a reason for doing the right thing even when the world has gone mad” (Slavitt). Yeah, i try to believe that man or woman will do the right thing if it leaves them feeling better. But then you ask yourself, if it was to leave him feeling better, did he do right for the fact of helping or the was it greed? Like donating money, but letting everyone know you did. That seems more selfish to save good face than charity to me. Or when an athlete gets caught smoking weed than has a sit down interview saying it was his first time. Saving face to the media and for the record. We all know it’s not true though.

“He’s blind or dead, or he has so much himself that he knows envy from the recieving end.” (Slavitt) This meaning that he is so envious of others that he doesn’t notice it, but instead think people are envious of him. How does work? The one with the most envy actually thinks people strive to be like him. Dellusional or what? The author has also said the envious one acts as the alpha male. I’m guessing it has something to do with ‘little man syndrome’. Weakest tries to be the toughest.

Talking in the first person about lust, Slavitt says ” The greeks who were civlized at least for a while-thought of me as a god.” I find it very hard to believe a civilized group crowned prostitutes as god. The ones who succomb to temptation the easiest. Yeah, is that what all the naked greek statues stand for.

These deadly sins are personalities that can trap any body. If i had a question about the article, it would be “Why did you (the author) talk so highly of the seven deadly sins and speak of nearly no negative attributes in which you were describing?