Villains and Heroes

Book excerpt: Featuring a group of errant wasps, VILLAINS AND HEROES is the second in a series of CREATURES OF THE WILDERNESS books which also feature BERNIE BEETLE. This particular book has been written in the wake of recent violent incidents involving young people and using the group of wasps as an example, it aims to educate young people in respect to the repercussions of violence, in that it follows the lives of the perpetrators of violence. It also shows how hard their lives become after they have carried out violent acts. It also aims to teach young people to be respectful towards those around them. As well as stressing the importance of having self-respect; this particular book also gives guidance as to how to attain this most valuable of commodities, in the hope that the young people who encounter this particular book will learn valuable lessons from it, will grow up well adjusted, and be respectful to others, so that they will have no need to use violence, or be disrespectful towards others. The first few chapters focus on the horrors of violence. In subsequent chapters the focus then moves on to justice this section has been written and designed for interactive discussion between the reader and those in their company whereby suitable punishment can be discussed. The back half of this book concentrates upon the villains trying to rehabilitate themselves back into society with great difficulty, having been excluded for good reason, with few being willing to trust them. There are some very difficult moments where the villains become ill and compassion is brought into focus as an issue, as is forgiveness and atonement, when the villains seek to apologise for what they have done and to show their genuine remorse through doing good deeds.