Sunday, March 31, 2013

Bad Advice

Read 2 Samuel 16-18

2 Samuel 17:14 "And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom."

Bad advice can be found in fiction and in nonfiction. An article could contain wrong information, hopefully by accident or as a parody.

A character could give bad advice to another character, not realizing it was bad advice. The reader could know the information was wrong and it could increase the tension of the story, while the reader waits for the inevitable disaster to happen.

Or the character could intentionally give bad advice to the hero. He might be in cahoots with the villain or have an agenda of his own.

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