If she had more compassion towards her sister, would her sister and family still be alive? The modified paragraph within the story “Bread” by Margret Atwood, showcased two polar opposite sisters—one more fortunate than the other—and they encounter a dilemma. One sister “had five children and was... so poor that she no longer had any food” (Atwood, 1993, p. 391) and had to resort to begging for food. While she was desperately struggling to survive, she had to try to make sure her children have the chance to live. The article, “A Framework for Thinking Ethically,” clearly states the different approaches for ethical standards. In “Bread,” the fairness approach and the virtue approach from “A Framework for Thinking Ethically” are the most beneficial for coming to a conclusion. The fairness approach focuses on the suitable treatment of others. This can be applied to the sisters in the paragraph in “Bread,” called “God’s Food.” One sister being well-off with no children, has a nonchalant, mellow life. On the other hand, the penniless sister was a widowed mother of five and living a hell. The sisters are not on equal terms. They are not to be…show more content… While the indigent sister was searching for an answer to solve her problem—in the form of her richer sister—her last chance had been taken away. Soon after the widowed sister had left empty handed, the wealthy sister’s husband rushed to her room to find her “praying… the three oldest ones were lying there dead… [and uttering a few] words[,]… the two small ones stopped breathing, whereupon her heart broke… and she sank dead” (Grimm, 2008). The husband was generous and without hesitation tried to help the destitute sister by giving her food. The situation would have turned out differently if the wife had the same mindset as the husband. The poor sister was unlucky to have her as a
