Going Too Far-Analysis of "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby"

In "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby," Donald Barthelme tries to show how inhumane man can be by telling an absurd story of a man named Colby who, "had gone too far." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 19) In the story, Colby's so-called friends decided that they must hang Colby because of his going too far. Barthelme uses this story to illustrate how people can sometimes let their emotions get in the way of their good judgment.
Colby's friends had been warning him for some time that they did not like the way Colby had been behaving. But after Colby did something, his friends decide…