In the short story “The Utterly Perfect Murder” by Ray Bradbury, a theme accurse of Doug (the main character) wanting to do a bad thing; even though he was a good person, there are several reasons that this was depicted in the story, mostly because the author knew that good people do bad things; so naturally while reading this story the question of “why do good people do bad things?” will come into your mind. The most obvious sign of this is when Doug wakes up and says “I will arise and go now and kill Ralph Underhill.” This statement comes off as cruel and horrible, until you read on later to see all the pain Ralph caused him as a child, the story shows that Ralph threw Doug in the mud the first day he wore his nice new tweed suit in the mud. So why do good people do bad things? That is a question that is open for any answer my thoughts on this is that good people do bad things because of pain, loneliness, anger, and just evil. I believe that Doug is a perfect example of a good person who does a bad thing, because of this.
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