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- 461: Calculated Captivity
- ... like to ignore or eliminate - but can’t. This first person narrative is told by Alex a youth of fifteen, who spends his nights with his “droogs”, terrorizing the public with their bits of “ultra violence” and engaging in the old “in-out in-out”. He beats the elderly, fights other gangs with his “britva”, robs stores, breaks into houses, rapes young girls, drinks milk laced with drugs (moloko) and is ... Brodsky. Its purpose is to ‘cure’ Alex of all that society deems ‘bad’ - and to provide him with a new artificial conscience. Alex is given injections and is forced to watch films of rape and violence. Through the mixture of these images and drugs, the treatment causes him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. ConsequentlyAlex becomes his own walking prison! He is conditioned by physical sickness to refrain from fulfilling the evil he desires to accomplish. It is at this point that Burgess allows the reader to choose ...
- 462: Racism and the Ku Klux Klan
- ... I. Origin a. the Klan’s birth b. the forming of the Klan c. what the Klan stands for II. Movement a. how the KKK moved through the nation b. the effect on politics III. Violence a. the actions of the Klan b. the incidents the Klan made all over the United States The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest living group in this country. Ever since the Reconstruction started after ... as much as picking the Presidential candidate. During the depression, the Klan’s’ financial corruption led to less and less members joining the Klan ( Chalmers pg. 4). Since the Klan was born, its method was violence. The Klan threatened, exile, flogged, mutilated, shot, stabbed, and hanged colored pepole. The Ku Klux Klan disposed Negroes who committed crimes and were not respectful or belonged to military and political organizations such as the ... 1871 a black or white person got a pistol and shot someone in a fued. Minutes later there were Negroes dead and still dying while only one white person from the Klan was injured. The violence in California was more brutal than in the south( Chalmers pgs. 15-18). The Klan, which harassed Indians, Japanese, and other minority groups, had endless rivals. A local ballpark, in the town of Taft, ...
- 463: Heart Of Darkness 5
- ... and its capability to consume one s soul. The title Heart of Darkness symbolizes the true evil in man, the improper use of knowledge and the downfall of civilization. I ve seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed, and the devil of hot desire; but by all stars! These were strong, lusty, red-eyed devils, that swayed and drove men men, I tell you. (Conrad, 81). Violence, greed and passionate desires are elements that help unleash the evil that lurks in man, which symbolizes the Heart of Darkness. The character change of Kurtz is an example of this evil. Kurtz is first ... a very important one, in the ivory-country, Sends in as much ivory as all the others put together." (Conrad, 84) However, when Kurtz experience power, greed overcomes him and he uses his intelligence and violence to accomplish his passionate desire. He is an emissary of pity and science and progress; and devil knows what else. (Conrad, 92). It is believed that there is evil in everyone and it can ...
- 464: Sociology Essay
- ... begins. The Bushmen think the bottle is a gift from the gods. They begin to feel greed and envy. Their values of sharing and kindness start to deteriorate. Feelings never felt before begin to arise. Violence, anger, and hate develop from the coke bottle. Cultural traits and patterns start to change by using the coke bottle. The Bushmen now use the bottle to flatten animal skins, where before they used rocks and sticks. They create new sounds and symbols from the bottle. Their entire culture is beginning to change right before them. The Bushmen notice the development of hate and violence and decide to bury the bottle. With the bottle no longer present, the Bushmen return to a society of kindness and friendship. However, when the bottle is found again, the Bushmen's values begin to ... god, but of course the schoolteacher has no knowledge of the Bushmen's language. At one time the bottle is stolen by a monkey and Xi warns him that the bottle will bring hate and violence. The Bushmen of the Kalahari live in a culture much simpler than ours. They experience less pleasures and excitements but in return are free from our laws and negativesanctions. They are unaware of any ...
- 465: Martin Luther King Jr. 4
- ... century. King can be considered influential in his preaching of nonviolent protest during the civil rights movement. King quickly realized that there were two alternatives in the struggle against the forces of injustice (Ansbro, 233): violence or nonviolence. He decided against violence for obvious reasons. During this time in America, the African American community represented only ten percent of the total population. King felt that this made it impossible for African Americans who lack access to weapons ... of King s followers. With these points in mind, King came to the conclusion that the best strategy in gaining the rights of African American was the use of non-violent protest. He believed that violence only intensifies evil, (Ansbro, 231) instead of promoting love and violence among all races. King s purpose in promoting nonviolence direct action was to create a situation so crisis packed that it will inevitably ...
- 466: Gun Control
- ... the settler for hunting and protection and went on later to play a major role in the winning of our nations independence (Dolan 13). This reflects the protective use of the gun, however, the growing violence in our nation has seemed to conflict with the right of citizens to protect themselves and their families. To say our nation has done nothing to control the violence and deaths by guns would be wrong. The nation has made many attempts for gun control, such as, State and Local Laws, which covers the aspects of issuance of gun permits and regulations (Dolan 20 ... basic beliefs. First, they defend themselves with the Second Amendment, saying that laws banning firearms will violate their rights (Dolan 39). Secondly, they believe the banning of guns will do nothing to reduce crime and violence. Supporting this with their opinion that criminals will not turn in their firearms if they are banned and they will be left defenseless (Dolan 39). “The anti-control camp holds that criminals and not ...
- 467: Isolation And The Individual I
- ... around, and attends church every Sunday. However, Huck attends church but feels that it “was pretty ornery preaching—all about brotherly love, and such like tiredness” (Twain 131). But when Huck is faced with the violence of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Sheperdson’s he is horrified and disgusted at the pointlessness at the cruelty and violence of the feud between the two-aristocratic families. The two brothers and the father of the Grangerford family are killed and Huck witnesses the brutal shooting of his friend Buck and his cousin Joe. Huck ... them. (Twain 137) The horror of this sight stays with Huck, and he does not feel his freedom from that side society until he is back on the raft with Jim, floating away from the violence that horrified him. Huck states: “I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away from the swamp. We said there warn’t no home like a ...
- 468: Trench Coat Mafia And Society
- The Trench coat Mafia Opinion MANY FACTORS CAUSED OUTBURST OF VIOLENCE There is no single factor that caused the outburst of violence on 20th April 1999, in Littleton, Colorado. Blaming a single factor as the cause of the Columbine High School massacre is as ludicrous as a nation blaming an economic crisis on one person alone. There ... became inferior and the butt of jokes. This proves that bullying cannot be denied a part in the cause of this massacre. Bullying lowered the self-esteem of Harris and Klebold, who eventually resorted to violence, thinking that it would be the solution to their problems. However, If the misfits were not jeered at but were accepted, they would not be misfits, and peaceful co-existence as civilised human beings ...
- 469: Argument-based Homicide In America
- ... of these argument-related homicides. This relies on the notion that greater social organization will lead to a decrease in the rate of crime. Dov Cohen, in her article "Culture, Social Organization, and Patterns of Violence" shows that in the West (which includes Colorado) and South, where a culture of honor persists, there is a higher rate of argument-related homicide that in other areas of the country (the North). More ... in the North (Cohen 412). This is not merely supported by the number of argument-related homicides in the given regions, but also by the beliefs within the cultures. Southerners and Westerners support honor-related violence more than Northerners and also react more aggressively when insulted (Cohen 408). In addition, laws in the South and West are more likely to support those who use violence consistent with honor (Cohen 409). For these reasons, it is hardly surprising that argument-related homicide is more common in these regional locations. The more stable communities within these regions are more likely to ...
- 470: Gun Control: Overview
- ... but the user as well. The availability of guns has sky rocketed in the past decade or so, and the immense population of guns in our society make it a dangerous place to live. Gun violence claims approximately 38,000 lives in the U.S. each year, including 5,000 children and teenagers.(1) In the past few years, many steps have been taken to help reduce the risk of fatal ... guns was the Brady bill, which demands a 5 day waiting period for all handgun purchases. These legislation's are some what effective and in different ways. The only real way to eliminate most gun violence is to eliminate the availability of guns. Surely making guns illegal would do this but this raises a very important issue. If you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns. Simply put, no matter ... that had never been fired. They complain that historians, collectors and, target shooters are not happy. They claim the reckless destruction of historical artifacts is inexcusable. However it is said that the rate of gun violence has gone down since the passage of the Brady Bill and the gun buy back program. This program however was very costly but, not as costly as 38,000 American lives each year. Maybe ...
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