Analysis: If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls

has to be earned. I generally trust someone unless they do something that brings me harm.

People are and always have been naive. They'll trust anyone if the other person has never given them any reason to doubt them. If someone is similar to another person, they will align themselves with one another. People often congregate with others that they feel are most like themselves (Donely). Montag barely knew Faber when he first confided in him. Montag trusted Faber with

This quote shows that people can be different then they can be, people can ultimately change for the worst.

Will someone’s trust be destroyed?” (Ericsson, 496). All of these questions have one thing in common: perception. Perception is everything. What we perceive may not be what everyone else perceives.

I think the meaning of this is what it says. You get what you give. Whatever you do will always affect you and who you are.

In this corporate era of technology, the thought of integrity being part of our society is surprising enough, let alone having “trust” being part of the equation, which causes more distrust for some populations.

This quote from Confucius, to me, applies to both myself and society as a whole. It bears relevance to all people as it is truthful, wise words to follow, and can even serve as a cautionary warning to the young and reckless like myself. Looking at it from really any perspective can prove the quote can be applied by any person, for any person can learn but not use the information, act without thinking, or live as they discover. I ,especially, feel it applies to myself as a person that stubbornly refuses to use information to positively affect myself more often than not.

Throughout the years there have been many political scandals in the U.S. These include affairs, not paying taxes, utilizing state resources for personal gain, invading privacy and many others. These scandals cause people to lose trust in their representatives and their country in general. For instance a major scandal in America that greatly weakened the public trust was the Watergate Scandal.

Why did I choose this topic? I really do not know how I stumbled across it, however it is important to me. Between a current election that does nothing but throws mud at one another, police shootings causing violent protests, and crock pots in New York exploding might have something to do with it. We general just do not trust people, and mostly for good reason.

should not tear us down as human beings but rather instead, lift us up through time, as

This quote can have a sophisticated analysis and an intricate application to daily living. I construed that this means that

There is something about a quote that is quite strange and perplexing. It’s immediate power to inspire, encourage, and motivate is unparalleled with anything else. The fact that a few, simple words possess so much power, and such a great influence really shows how great of an impact we have with our use of words.

This quote can be used for today’s society as well. When something in our society does not work, the people of our country take actions. One example of this is our gun control laws. When

Everyday citizens often live unaware of their government’s inner workings. The knowing of political espionage is often too heavy of a subject to be inducted in conversation. True, prima facie, modest twists and turns of information may not be considered substantial, but this inconsideration leaves much to be uncontrolled. It is easy for political leaders to become power crazed, to not realize the massive implications that come of their actions. Only after all is said and done do the people actually realize their government is an opaque mask of deception. The Watergate Scandal substantially impacted Americans’ trust in their government.

According to Dettmer, Knackendoffel, & Thurston (2009), when we have trust, others are more likely to: