To accept the harsh truth that there is no such thing as an ideal world is inevitable. In Nothing Sacred, George F. Walker interprets the world as inconsiderate, atrocious, and merciless as portrayed through the impotent behaviour Arkady Kirsanov had shown, the desperate need to steal which had eventually led to Gregor being beat, and Bailiff’s inhuman consequences. Arkady Kirsanov had been standing behind Gregor being beat brutally by Bailiff; however he had not done anything to halt the brawl. In theory, Kirsanov would be named as a bystander, seeing that he was standing there completely numb, and felt that helping his fellow citizen is unnecessary. Arkady Kirsanov’s cowardly act of by-standing was an excellent representation of selfishness in society; mentally…show more content… Bailiff’s approach to punishing Gregor the way he did was irrelevant. Bailiff’s anger is justified at its own place; theft is no laughing matter. However, one would not hit an animal the way Bailiff was beating Gregor. Bailiff’s manner of mercilessly beating Gregor was perfectly portrayed once Gregor said he was about to faint, “I…I thinking I’m going to go fainting here.” “If you pass out it doesn’t count. I have to start again after you wake up.” (Walker). Bailiff strongly feels that he beating Gregor is a game; even after Gregor wakes up from fainting, he’ll have to start to beat Gregor again. Once again, Walker does not fail to display the world’s ill will to bring forth harm to the society and the world, whether or not it’s for a valid reason. Even in the title of the play itself, it clearly explains to the audience how, in fact, nothing in this world can ever be sacred until humans learn to drain the hatred and maliciousness in their hearts. In the play Nothing Sacred, George F. Walker portrays how pathetic many people in a society can choose to behave, unruliness in the world leads to theft as a common occurrence in the society, while broadcasting the harmful savagery in the
