Theme 4- Once upon a Time

"The alarm set up wailing against the screams while the bleeding mass of the little boy was hacked out of the security coil with saws, wire-cutters, choppers, and they carried it--the man, the wife, the hysterical trusted housemaid and the weeping gardener--into the house." pg. 236

This was not your typical fairy tail children's story. It was full of violence and irony. The man and wife were so paranoid about danger. They purchased all kinds of security systems that eventually led to the death of their child. It is ironic how their paranoia of danger is what ended up killing their son. I think that it is strange that the parents held security as such a high priority. There was never any significant danger near them, and nothing had ever happened to them. They didn't even pay that much attention to there child. Also, the alarm falsely triggered so regularly that it wasn't taken seriously. Why buy all that security if you aren't going to use it? I guess the moral of this story is not to let paranoia get the best of you.