"Story of the Door" Reaction

After reading the first chapter, I realized this would be one of many confusing things to read from this book. My initial reaction post reading those few pages was confused, and shocked. What confused me the most was literally the "Story of the Door."

At first, as Mr. Enfield started to describe the odd story this mysterious door reminded him of, I was quite interested. After Mr. Enfield described the street as; "street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church", i began to be confused from that point on. Not that this story was incorrectly written, but the way Mr. Enfield was reminded of the story was very interesting. As the story continues, the reader finds out that when the two people met at the corner, the man "trampled calmy over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground." This to me was a very odd move. Morally, the man would have helped the child up and apologized for running into her. Instead, she was left on the ground in an insane state.

After I have read, "Good and Evil" this little girl seems to fall into the evil page. It seems like something possessed her and shes laying on the ground screaming. Even though they two people bumped into each other, it was quite evil of the man to just walk over her and continue walking. "The person who committed the deed lives in society, and therefore society must judge that person according to the rules that have been established" this quote, comes from the pre-reading article i have read about good and evil. This contributes very much to the "Story of the Door." With societies rules and regulations a person knows how to act, and if its appropriate to act any differently. This strange man in society would be eaten alive. He seems very inconsiderate, yet this story left me puzzled, and wanting to know more information.