Merchant of Venice essay

A friend in need

Johnny is a friend who would never lat me down when I needed his help. He wanted to get married to a woman by the name of Paris. She lives in sandton while he lives in Roshnee. He is in debt but wants to be a suitor to her but; he can’t afford it as he lives too far away from her. That meant that more money will be spent on the wedding.

I, Mehboob, would like to help him as much as he had done for me but, at this current position, I am not making enough money for me to be thinking straight. My business lies between the seas. I try to make plans and try to contact a sort of men. They all are engaged in business except for one caring gentleman. “I would like to help you but you must agree to a treaty”. “If you don’t pay me the money by a due date, I will have you ceased.” I then agreed to his will and he gave me the substantial amount which was needed to pay his debts and to get married. The wedding took place and everything went according to plan.

The day arrived when I had to settle my debt and pay for the money I took. On that day, Andrew never arrived at base; my heart was in my mouth. My lawyer, Abdullah Sujee, made means to try and twist, Yusuf, the caring man. In court it was found that Yusuf was a fool and never agreed to the money he claimed he gave me. He caused conflict between the judge and himself, charging me for interest. In South Africa interest is against the law. I won the court case and Yusuf had been sentenced to jail for five years, although, I had to pay him for what he gave me in reality.

Johnny is melancholic because of what trouble I had to go through. After all, he is my friend and I was willing to put my soul on the line to settle his debts. He paid me beck within no time, after the court case, he now looks up to me not only as a great friend but, as a brother.

He now lives a happy life with no debts and lives with the happiness of his wife. I went through a hard time but only to see him live a life of happiness.