Reaction to: "The Use of Force"

This short story wasn't really what I thought it would be diferent, I mean when you read something saying: "The Use of Force" well one can think its sabout war, hate, power or malice due to how the mind works. Instead of that what I saw in this story was the fight or resistance between modernization and traditionalism. Though it's really hard to see, that is what i perceived.

   Now, why do I see that in the story? If we take it to a modern day example, right now in the U.S. there is a general uproar with vaccination being mandatory and how it's a disgrace to freedom. We see how there is a resistance the new things science, more like medince, brings to the people in the way that they resist and try to destroy it for it being 'harmful' to their health. Also another example is how people, some not all, when they are being attended by their doctor they try to correct him at every turn. Ironically they dont have the studies nor preparation and they try to not follow the instructions given to them by a person who spends roughly almost 15 years studying and sweating blood to be able to help them get better. I find this to be a complete disrespect towards someones effort and intention to live their dream, sure there are doctors who dont know what they are doing, but it is a minority. I find that its just like you question your barber on the way he cuts your hair and you criticize him for it when you did not take the preparation to be a barber yourself. Going back to the short story, the way the example associates its in the manner of how the little girl resists the doctor, she didn't know what was going on but there was an impulse of resistance in her that made her not want the doctor to even get near her. She did not knew for sure if he would harm her, she did not want to be treated, with ought knowing the consequences of it. It is like she was happy being not treated, as if death was the naturally cure of illness. While the doctor, the man who was to treat her and make her get better was being attacked by her ignorant fit. This is why I say it is a pure fight between tradition and modern ideals.

  Now, if we take it from another perspective, how does the modernist feel here? Given that the modernist is the doctor, he at first felt happy as if a bliss of joy from it. Maybe he liked the challenge and the chase or maybe it was just the fact that he has never been resisted before, he did want to help for it is his job and he swore an oath. Though it doesn't change the fact that he was enamored by the hateful ignorance emanating from that child, but after a while it became frustration and even hatred for her since her ignorance did not allow him to perform his task. In the end he resorted to violence in order to fulfill his duty as a doctor, he used force, as a representative of modernist ideals, to repress traditionalist ignorance and fulfill his oath, his identity. In the end the problem was solved by a violent effort that could have  been avoided should the child have let go of her idealistic tether to tradition.

  The irony of all of this, is that when we were young we were taught how violence solves nothing, how it cant be the solution for anything at all, but then in this story we see how a violent act seemed to be the only solution towards this matter. Does this mean violence and chaos can be solutions? Does this mean we were taught wrong? or was this just a circumstance where subordination was necessary in order for progress to happen? The answers to those questions I leave it to you reader, for you are the interpreter of my piece. It is you who will be the one who will grasp my message created in this painting of words, see it and embrace it so maybe one day you will answer these thoughts. Until then, I will wait for you reader.

analysis of the story: http://www.enotes.com/topics/use-force/in-depth