The Elephant in the Village of the Blind

The Elephant in the Village of the Blind, in my opinion, is a catchy and unlikely short story that provokes one to think about how people who have many similarities can have completely different perspectives and opinions when it comes to something that is unknown and new in their lives. I found it very interesting how each villager described the elephant to be something totally opposite than how the person right next to them described it. Each person was touching various parts of the elephant and voicing their opinion of what this strange creature was. Not only does the point of the story apply to literature and the literary world-the different views each individual has concerning a story, but I think that is could also be seen in the real world around us.
Another thing in this story that stood out to me was how the elders of the community (who were supposed to the wisest- began to argue about exactly what this unknown object was and how four young women solved the problem by listening to everyone’s opinion. This also made me think about how the older people in our society are indeed wiser, but they also tend to be closed-minded. It seems to me that the young women may not have been educated but were willing to think outside the ‘tub’ and discover that this elephant wasn’t a huge leathery tub, but instead a massive ox-like creature.