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- 541: Oedipus Vs. Society
- ... mother, father, brother, sister, or even grandma, it is still happening somewhere in this world. The main cause of this lack of morals is (in my opinion) directly related to the amount of sex and violence on television. Many years ago Elvis couldn't even shake his waist on TV, but now Sharon Stone can open her legs on a big screen for everyone to see. Violence has increased on television because sitcoms and movies will not sell in today's society without sex and violence. In the future, life in general will eventually become a game involving survival of the fittest and killing your next door neighbor before he kills you. Movies and television should be screened so only ...
- 542: Black Supremacy
- ... free from the oppression of the devils(Davies 51). That time is now and the black supremists want another holocaust, with the white race suffering. The black supremists feel it is their turn to rule. Violence is the only way to stop the white race! During a speech Malcolm X declared, "Twenty million ex-slaves must be permanently separated from our former slavemaster and placed on some land we can call ... of the black race. The quote appears fairly peaceful, however, two years later, Malcolm X changes his mind about peaceful action: "We're for peace. But the people that we're up against are for violence. You can't be peaceful you're dealing with them"(Perry 159). A non-peaceful approach to further the black cause is being proposed by Malcolm Little (his more appropriate birth name, seeing how a "little" man resorts to violence). Eldridge Cleaver, leader of the Black Panther's, too felt violence is the best approach; "I became a rapist...It delighted me that I was defying and trampling upon the white man's law,... ...
- 543: The Changing of the America Through Literature
- ... the antebellum South, and the Jazz Age or also known as the Roaring Twenties. Twain wrote stories in order to teach people lessons. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn dealt with slavery, greed, racism, and senseless violence. The time period that Twain wrote about was his own, the middle 1800’s before the Civil War. He was able to see all the destruction firsthand that the people were doing to their lives ... good people are just good people no matter what color their skin is or what social class they belong to. Another point Twain wanted people to understand is that there is no need for senseless violence. During the novel Huck came across two feuding families, the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. When he asked when they started fighting and what they were fighting about Buck didn’t even know why or how ... as the Roaring 20’s or the Jazz Age. People are into their own thing and there is a lot of drug and alcohol abuse. F. Scott Fitzgerald discussed the effects of greed, superficiality, senseless violence and to an extent, racism had on the people in The Great Gatsby. Even though the slaves had been freed from emancipation, they still were not looked upon as equal. Fitzgerald does mention a ...
- 544: Lord of the Flies
- ... his fear of blood and of killing living animals. He reached a point where he actually enjoyed the sensation of hunting a prey afraid of his spear and knife. His natural desire for blood and violence was brought out by his hunting of pigs. As Ralph became lost in his own confusion, Jack began to assert himself as chief. The boys realizing that Jack was a stronger and more self-assured leader gave in easily to the freedom of Jack's savagery. Placed in a position of power and with his followers sharing his crazed hunger for violence, Jack gained encouragement to commit the vile acts of thievery and murder. Freed from the conditions of a regulated society, Jack gradually became more violent and the rules and proper behaviour by which he was ... adults. During the play-fight after their unsuccessful hunt in the course of their search for the beast, Ralph for the first time, had an opportunity to join the hunters and share their desire for violence. "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering." (p. 126) Without rules to limit them, they were ...
- 545: A Clockwork Orange
- ... for that matter. Youth take over the streets at night and beat anyone they encounter. The elderly sit around in bars and drink the remainder of their lives away. The people have become desensitized to violence, because it is so prevalent in their lives. A Clockwork Orange is a very intriguing story that deals with many social problems, not offering a solution, but pointing out obstacles in the way of the ... of his ultra-violent ways. He is transferred to a new building specifically made for this new treatment. Here he is conditioned through many injections and he is made to watch films of rape and violence. The mixture of these images and the drug cause him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. Alex is released after two weeks in this new program, he is deemed cured and released back into the general public after only 2 years of incarceration. After a few encounters with past victims ...
- 546: Summary: Lord of the Flies
- ... The story centred around individuals representing different aspects of children and their personalities. Beginning with a child-like innocence, the novel brought forth many of the sinister characteristics of human nature as the use of violence became more frequent and progressed into an ultimate pinnacle. The violence provided a sense of realism in that the author did not try to hide the factual harshness of the world by covering it with a false softness. The text was very descriptive of the setting ... adult, thinking that what an older person did was right. Piggy's mention of hunting and the dying out of the fire infuriated Jack, and he began to try overtaking Ralph's authority. His increasing violence and boldness suggested that he would soon cause trouble. Although Jack had come up with the idea of having rules, his hypocrisy was another hint that he had changed a great deal. As the ...
- 547: Civil Rights Movement
- ... the treatment that african americans revieved. In her heart and in the heart of the good, she did the right thing because she was facing injustice. I whole heartedly agree and believe that the non-violence tactic will get you much farther in reaching freedom and independence. If you use "any means necessary" like Malcolm X, it will raise hostility towards your campaign and sooner than later your message of freedom ... X did a great job of expressing the feelings of the oppressed african americans, but his quest for freedom through "any means necessary" would raise hatred towards his work. A prime example of the non-violence approach was Martin Luther King Jr. and the speeches he made. He inspired and preached the non-violence tactic without causing the descrepency that Malcolm X did. He tried to unite all mankind without the fear and hatred of Malcolm X. Martin Luther definetly used a more advanced tactic that opened the ...
- 548: Frederick Douglass's Physical and Intellectual Struggles
- ... pleasure in whipping slaves: "The louder she screamed, the harder he whipped; and where the blood ran fastest, there he whipped longest."(15) People are influenced and affected greatly during childhood. Many children who witness violence regularly end up violent adults. It is amazing that Douglass did not become a violent person because, as a child, Douglass witnessed Ant Hester and many other slaves getting whipped. Douglass watched these acts of violence daily and still turned into a good person. The beating of Hester had an impact on Douglass, although it was not a negative one. After watching this severe attack on his aunt, Douglass referred to the gates of the plantation as "...the entrance to the hell of slavery..." (15) From then on Douglass knew the realities of slavery. Although there is a large amount of violence depicted in this part of the novel, without the vivid description, the narrative would not have had such a profound effect on the readers. In order to write a successful autobiography, one must first ...
- 549: Cambodia And United Nations
- ... people injured. The attempt to get Sam Rainsy failed, and all the people in Cambodia waited for the International public to help out. There has not been much International help in Cambodia and still the violence and economic problems continue. I seriously think that people should help more than they are doing now, and make this a big situation because many lives are at stake. My proposal to the United Nations ... and could do this until the economy of Cambodia gets better and good enough to support its own people. My third proposal to the United Nations is towards the Security Council. With a lot of violence going on in Cambodia, there needs to be some authority that can take control. The Security Council should send down troops to stop the violence and keep a sort of peace in Cambodia. Truly I think that Cambodia is a nice country, but a nice country with many problems. These problems can of course be fixed with a lot ...
- 550: The Life and Times of Edgar ALlan Poe
- ... even dangerous. During a riot in the school's first year, masked students threw bricks and bottles at the professors. During Edgar's year, seven students were expelled or suspended for high-stakes gambling. The violence and chaos took up much room in the surviving letters Edgar sent to John Allan. In the letters it could be read that one time a student was struck on the head with a large ... got his skull crushed, was hanged, had his ears cut off by a coroner, gets cut up, still alive although killed again and again. Edgar's language in these tales is full of detailed, shocking violence, tendencies he had shown of as early as in the letters he wrote from the University to John Allan. By the spring of 1833 Edgar decided to gather his work into a volume called "Eleven ... heavy scarab they search for a hidden treasure. The language used in these stories is simpler and more straight-forward than the language Poe usually used, and reminds a bit of today's movies of violence. They are all innovative and adventurous and despite their simplicity Poe retained his poetic characteristics in his language. In "The Gold-Bug" Poe uses a black servant that is superstitious and stupid and a ...
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