A Coin Has Two Sides

 

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Every story depends on the aspect of the storyteller. A character can be the main protagonist in one story and be an antagonist in another one. It depends on the view of both audience and storyteller. We can see that in many countries some historical personalities have both supporters and haters due to their actions.

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Suppose, there lived a mother deer and a mother lioness, and both had newborn offspring. The mother lioness had to hunt the deer calf to prevent starvation for her youngster. Otherwise, the lion calf had to starve to death as it was fully dependent on its mother. For the lion calf, its mother was the protagonist and for the deer, the mother lion was the antagonist. At the same time, the lioness is both a caring mother and a vicious predator. From Mother Nature to human civilization some heroes are often villains to others.

 

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Most of the time we see a situation and judge it according to our interest, neglecting other aspects of it. One can say a glass is half empty another would say it’s half full. A person standing on a side would see six but the person standing opposite from him would see nine, and both of them are right according to their view.

 

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British colonization is a crucial part of our history as it changed the direction of our culture and socio-economy. Before the British rule, the world’s 10% wealth was possessed by Aurangzeb, the emperor of the Indian subcontinent. In the time of British rule, our country saw many economic crises and a heartbreaking famine due to their loot. But the British see this occupation as a success as the loot they took helped them greatly to build their nation and in times of crisis like the world wars.

 

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After achieving freedom from the British our country faced both oppression and negligence of the West Pakistan in every right. So we had to go through a liberation war to achieve our freedom. The freedom fighters became national heroes, and it was the greatest victory our nation has ever experienced. On the contrary, West Pakistan lost a great part of its land and economy, for which the country is still suffering. As a result, our national heroes were labeled as their national betrayers as they didn’t recognize their oppression.

 

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As humans when we see a scene, we make our understanding of it regardless what is the reality behind it. It’s easy to judge anyone’s action just by looking at it from the outside as we are not in the position of the person who did it. Maybe if we were in the same position as the person who made the decision, we would have thought differently. 

Since each person tries to make the best choice possible, it can be very difficult to determine who is right and wrong. However, it will eventually become clear whether the decision was made correctly or not. From childhood to his last days a man always wants the best for himself and does everything that is right according to him. 

If two person witnesses the same incident, each will notice different details of the scene, and interpret the event in their unique aspect. It doesn’t mean any of the storytellers is wrong as any story can have multiple versions of interpretation. Like this, if we think someone is wrong maybe we haven’t seen the other part of the story.