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I’m writing a story. The basic plot is that a guy (Vince) steals something because he really needs the money. (He has a sick dying mom, 2 daughters, and his wife just died….poor Vince!) However, in the second half of the story you see how it affected the person who got stolen from. My original idea was to have Vince be a mover, on his last day of the job, and steal a small broach because the house was very big and he didn’t think it would be missed. But as it turns out, the house was someone’s great aunt’s house that had just died. That broach was very sentimental to her and she gets very upset. (Sorry guys, I know that summary was a little long.)
Anyway, I asked some people what they thought of it and I got a LOT of different feedback. Some people think it’s unsympathetic to steal something, and think he should steal money instead. OR steal an object, but give it to his daughter as a gift or something so he doesn’t have to pawn it and get caught. Or maybe steal an appliance of some sort that he can directly use (i.e. a bed, blender, make-up, etc). Though it would be hard to make a big deal out of a blender being stolen…
So my question is; Do you think stealing money or an object is more sympathize-able ? (Obviously stealing is wrong – but for story purposes.) What should Vince do with the object? (sell it for money, give it as a gift, or use it?) Any other opinions? Thanks!

I’m writing a story. The basic plot is that a guy (Vince) steals something because he really needs the money. (He has a sick dying mom, 2 daughters, and his wife just died….poor Vince!) However, in the second half of the story you see how it affected the person who got stolen from. My original idea was to have Vince be a mover, on his last day of the job, and steal a small broach because the house was very big and he didn’t think it would be missed. But as it turns out, the house was someone’s great aunt’s house that had just died. That broach was very sentimental to her and she gets very upset. (Sorry guys, I know that summary was a little long.)
Anyway, I asked some people what they thought of it and I got a LOT of different feedback. Some people think it’s unsympathetic to steal something, and think he should steal money instead. OR steal an object, but give it to his daughter as a gift or something so he doesn’t have to pawn it and get caught. Or maybe steal an appliance of some sort that he can directly use (i.e. a bed, blender, make-up, etc). Though it would be hard to make a big deal out of a blender being stolen…
So my question is; Do you think stealing money or an object is more sympathize-able ? (Obviously stealing is wrong – but for story purposes.) What should Vince do with the object? (sell it for money, give it as a gift, or use it?) Any other opinions? Thanks!

I can draw , but my imagination sucks pretty much . ><
Well I thought of something like a girl named Anastasia Crespelle / Lemaitre and she's being captured in the Labyrinth in a church of a high school in Japan . The Labyrinth is based on the third level of the church which is out of bounds to people . Okay maybe not neccessarily out of bounds , but there's been this rumour that there's a ghost on the third level and intruders would be found missing . ( Maybe examples of intruders and real cause of getting missing ? )
But so ! There's this guy named Kaito and he's a freshman in that school . He can be a delinquent or a nice guy , it depends . He ventures into the third level of the church without knowing of the ' curse ' or rumour and sees Anastasia .
He then returns to the third level almost every single day for lunch ( as he has few / no friends ) and eventually gets to know Anastasia . She is a intelligent person , who can ' read ' minds from people's actions and the way they talk .
PROBLEM :
1. Why did Anastasia get captured and sent to the church in Japan ? ( She's some rich aristocrat's daughter by the way ) Is she a pawn or a traded object and affiliated with the school's heads ?
2. Very very important . How should this story continue ? Mystery ( of the school ) ? Or what ? It's going to end by having World War II and she getting reunited with Kaito after the war . How are they going to get separated ?
Best answer gets 10 points . Please help !!
Thank you ! (: