The Consequences Of Dehumanization In The Movie The Island

Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, possesses an innocence and idealism as he sets off on a voyage for treasure; Jim fights against the Pirates to survive, leaving him with a new realistic knowledge and experience of the world. Jim first experiences the death of his father; then in the same time frame, he loses Billy Bones. After Billy Bones death, Jim discovers a treasure map, he, the doctor and the Squire set off to find the treasure. When Jim first meets Long John Silver, he appears as a “clean and pleasant-tempered landlord” (45). Jim has a clear image in his head of what a pirate looks like, and Long John Silver appears to be completely different. This reassures Jim's fears. Jim never sees what will occur after the

Lord of the Flies, a book written by William Golding, is a story about young boys getting trapped on an island as a result of a plane crash. The boys go to extreme measures to survive on this island and start to insult and abuse one another for no valid reason. Similarly, an experiment called the “Stanford Prison Experiment” demonstrates the interaction among prisoners and their behavior when isolated from the outside world (McLeod). The book Lord of the Flies resembles the “Stanford Prison Experiment” by virtue of showing that, when forced to live together for even a short period of time, people may become inhumane.

Despite the obvious age gap of the main characters in both novels, authors Golding and Remarque alike manipulate the text into conveying the theme of the loss of humanity that derives from violence. In Lord of the Flies, it is apparent early on that primal instincts will emerge from the innocence of the boys, such as, "He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarl," (Golding Chapter 4). The split second snarl that escapes is a crystal-clear indicator for the future event depicting the death of a boy, Simon. "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" (Golding Chapter 9). Albeit the dancing boys do not know it is a fellow child and not a savage beast, they do not halt the actions taken to harm Simon, which ultimately leads to his death.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island is an American mind bending thriller film based on Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel also named Shutter Island. Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead role as a U.S Marshall named Teddy Daniels, who along with his partner, Chuck Aule (played by Mark Ruffalo), are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a patient at a highly guarded and isolated psychiatric penitentiary located on Shutter Island. Teddy Daniels runs about the island trying to uncover the mysteries of the Shutter Island psychiatric ward, only falling deeper into the conspiracy, all the while dealing with his past horrors and hallucinations that somehow help him in his investigation. As the plot unfolds, vivid scenes and music help reveal

Alexander Hamilton presents his knowledge of human nature in this statement, “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased”. In 1954 William Golding Published the novel Lord of the Flies in order to get a deeper look into the flaws of society that are related to the flaws of human nature. During WWII a group of British school boys were being transported by airplane, nevertheless the airplane was shot down, killing the pilot and leaving a group of boys on an island where there is no adult supervision. Today our topic will be focusing on the pessimistic views of

“Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.” – Saul Bellow. This is what occurs to the characters in the novels A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. Throughout, it is visible that the individuals encounter several situations in which they are dehumanized, and the effects that it leaves on them is evident in multiple ways. Both novels A Lesson Before Dying and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest demonstrate the brutal theme of social and racial oppression and how shame prevails throughout, resulting in the outbreak of rebellious acts, and leading to the characters’ grueling yet impactful journey

Stealing everything they have, treating them like animals, and taking their lives. These are all examples of dehumanization that millions of Jews experienced during the Holocaust. The book, Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, provides an overview of Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust, and there were a multitude of ways that Elie and his inmates were dehumanized. It all started in 1944, when Elie and his family were deported from their home in Sighet and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. When they arrived, they had to leave their possessions on the train and went into the concentration camp where all of his family except his father were murdered. Elie and his father were dehumanized even more by looking just like

The article “The Island in the Wind” written by Elizabeth Kolbert shows that an island can generate clean electricity for its entire population, and hopes the world can too. On the Danish island of Samso lives a population of people who have learned the importance of their environment. In a decade they have switched from being an entirely coal and fossil fuel run island, to producing all of their energy from wind on their own island. Not only are they producing all of their energy yet they are yielding so much that they can export energy to other areas. “ By 2001, fossil-fuel use on Samso had been cut in half. By 2003, instead of importing electricity, the island was exporting it, and by 2005 it was producing from renewable sources more energy

Elie Wiesel’s book Night is his record of the terrible experiences he had with the concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Jews were dehumanized by their horrible conditions and how the Nazis treated them and how they viewed them. The Jews’ human rights were completely disregarded to the point where they were not even treated or viewed as people by the Nazis. The Holocaust was one of the worst events ever in history and should be recognized and spread around to make sure a genocide at that scale should never be repeated in history. Wiesel made it his job to be the emissary of the Jews who were killed, broken, and shattered in the camps because of the troubles he experienced firsthand.

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel dehumanization from the Nazis was huge. Throughout the book, the Nazis made the Jews, and other prisoners feel unworthy, and helpless. First, Elie and his family had to live in a ghetto. A ghetto is a slum section of a city that is made for only the Jews. After that, Elie and his family were forced to leave each other. Elie, and his father were sent one way while his mom, and two sisters were sent the other way. “ From this moment on, you are under authority of the German army.” (Wiesel 23). This is an example of dehumanization, because the German army were taking the Jews, and controlling them. Saying this, the Jews were not allowed to live a regular life, because of their religion. They were forced to do different jobs, and if the did not they could have been killed or injured. Also, they made the Jews suffer in different ways such as, gas chambers. Their regular lives were just taken away from them, and they did not have a say about it.

According to Dictionary.com the definition of the word "Holocaust" is "slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war." The Holocaust was a terrible period in time. Throughout Night, dehumanization frequently took place as the tyrant Nazi's oppressed the Jewish citizens. Also, the main character, Elie, had trouble with his attitude and the way he did things. As the reader reads through the story, the reader will notice that Elie has difficulties dealing with his family and himself as well. So what does the Holocaust, Elie, and Night have in common? Well in the book Night, the main character Elie and his Jewish family are taken from their home in Germany and moved to a ghetto. After the ghetto, the family get separated and the women go to the crematoriums while the men get put to work. This is the start of the Holocaust.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack’s power struggle is observed throughout the book. Ralph’s democratic leadership sharply contrasts Jack’s tyrannical and uncivilized rule. Ralph is stripped of everything and the line between him and Jack is blurred near the end because he gives in to savagery. Though all men will ultimately revert back to animalistic instinct and savagery in the absence of civilization, Ralph only succumbs to this when he loses his friends and when he is hunted; Jack succumbs all on his own.

I should not be charged with murder for what happened on Shipwreck Island. I was defending for my life, and I had no other choices other than to do what I could to stay alive. What General Zaroff was doing was wrong and a lot worse than me killing him. He would train people, some who have never even hunted before, to try to last three days without being killed being killed by General. Zaroff told me nobody had ever beat him before and in his library he had a collection of human heads whom which he had killed. He would hunt you with a pistol and all you had to defend yourself with was a knife. You could do anything to stay alive for the three days and that’s all I could do.

The connection between human and animal can not be severed. Darwin explained this connection by saying that everything in life is connected and, thereby, related to each other. Darwin further explains, “Community in embryonic structure reveals community of descent” (Darwin, 401). In other words, all creatures share something of the same origin. However, somewhere down the line, humans began to resent this connection. This resentment is shown in the character of Dr. Moreau in H.G. Wells’ novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau. Dr. Moreau attempts to take the animal traits out of the animals he experiments on. He wants to populate the island with humans of his own creation. In attempting to deny the animal in the human, and capitalize on the human in the animal, Dr. Moreau reveals that the connection between the two species is inseparable and he succeeds only in achieving his own dehumanization.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up in 2006 to bring the world the organized crime masterpiece, The Departed. The film was a huge success and swept the major awards at the Oscars that year, bring home such prizes as best picture and best director. The win cemented Scorsese as the greatest living filmmaker and he finally got the respect he deserves from the Academy. DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. Titanic, The Aviator, and The Departed areall the evidence needed to securely place him in the upper pantheon of great actors. Expecting a quality movie from either of these two artist is like expecting to get wet by jumping in a pool. When word first broke that the two would be teaming up