District Assesment

In the story The Hundredth Dove by Jane Yolen, Hugh the game bird keeper was a man that kept his promise. When the king told the fowler (Hugh) that he wanted to have one hundred doves at his wedding, he knew he would have one hundred doves at his wedding because Hugh was a man of his word. Most would go out and just catch the doves. Hugh had a totally different strategy; the key was to be patient. I am not very patient and that can do some harm to me sometimes but in the end I live to help and hope to serve just like Hugh lived to serve also. To serve can mean to things good or bad. In the end it all depends on you and your choices of how you choose to serve.
Hugh was a very testable man, but when it gets to a certain point, you break. In the world today many have been pushed to the breaking point that is why we have so much violence in the world. Such as gangs and murders because they were push to the point where they had to hurt someone. Hugh didn’t realize that when he broke the dove’s neck he would be hurting not just other people but also himself. When you are meant to serve you shouldn’t have to hurt someone to be committed to serve them. Hugh tried to mask his pain of hurting that dove by thinking he was serving his master. Pain and regret always come out in the end.
There isn’t just a regret and pain in everyone they also have love and compassion. Hugh didn’t mean to hurt the dove he meant to save the people from the queen’s lies. It might not seem like Hugh did the right thing but I know that deep down inside he knew that hurting the dove would not just hurt his master but hurt himself also. One thing I think Hugh did wrong was he ran away from his problems. You should always face your problems head on. It doesn’t matter what Hugh did wrong it matters what he did right and it matters that he was trying to protect his master. Sometimes protecting someone can lead more to harm than.
Pain is a crucial thing in the world today. Hope will always keep you alive no matter how close you are to death. Don’t do what Hugh did; just believe things will work out in the end. Pain will go away eventually but you first have to move on from the past. You just need to believe that you are the future.