Punishment may be from material or spiritual. The material
Punishment acts on the punished shortly and just in surface.
Comparably, the spiritual
punishment will bring the punished deep and a long period effect. Mr Zilong Jiang tells us a story about spiritual punishment. The leading character in the essay, Tenar, knocked a girl , named Susan who was studying high school cources over and caused her to die. Susan' s parents asked a relatively little
compensation that needed to be paid on every Friday, only 1$ every time by cheque to them. He accepted the demand with some rejoicing. But, every time he sent the cheque to Susan's parents, he could usually not have controlling to recall the scene of Susan's death and realized that he was a demon to destroy a fresh life. The conscience-stricken from his inside tortured him and he could almost not sleep well. He insisted the actions eight years and at the same time, he strangled his sour and spirit for eight years. His mental was the edge of breakdown. He wished he could pay all tne amount left, but refused.
Compensating all the amount once time is the material punishment which would relieve the regret from inside. On the contrary, the compensation divided into many times during a very long period is the spiritual punishment. In fact, compensation time is the decisive factor of judging the punishment quality and actual strength. Though Susan has been dead, her parents punished the killer by a special way and made him accompany her with his spirit. How wise Susan's parents are!