Author of the story "Two Fisherman", Morley Callaghan, suggests there is obscurity between evil and good. For example, K.Smith "Smitty", a fisherman and the executioner for the small town in this story, has been given the orders to execute Tom Delaney. However, Tom Delaney is well liked by the citiizens, due to the fact that he killed the molester of his wife. Therefore Smitty has filled the role of both being a good guy, executing a murderer, and a bad guy, executing someone who was protecting his
