Question

in the poem Night of the Scorpion what difference do you find between the attitude of the poet father and the other villages

Answer 1

There was a lot of difference between the poet's father's attitude and the
villagers' attitude towards the condition if the mother.
The father was earnestly trying each and everything to relieve his wife of the
pain. He had already tried every possible remedy and antidote against the
scorpion bite but to no avail. So he also called the holy-man thinking he might
cure the mother in pain. He even poured a little paraffin oil and lit a flame on
the sting to kill the effect of the poison.
The villages reacted unscientifically to the scorpion bite. They gave their own
superstitious, philosophical and religious interpretations for the incident. They
believed the scorpion bite was universe's plan to cure the mother of her
previous birth sins. They believed it will purify her flesh and soul. They did
nothing except philosophizing or lecturing. They just sat around the writhing
mother and gave their opinions.