The Lottery, The Pedestrian And Lord Of The Flies

In history, humans have influenced ways to abuse each other in hateful ways. Because of hate, all miserable things that happen to people relates to mob mentality. Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel states, “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.” Throughout history, humanity has seen dignified people pursuing horrendous actions because these individuals got caught up in mob mentality.

In both films, One Who Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Shutter Island, lobotomies are used as the last resort in attempts to heal both of the main characters’ mental instability – Randle McMurphy played by Jack Nicholson and Teddy Daniels played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The only difference is that McMurphy is forced to undergo a lobotomy and the mental institution never asked for his permission, while Daniels voluntarily agreed to a lobotomy. A lobotomy is neurosurgical operation in which a blade is inserted into the brain to separate and cut certain nerve fibers in the frontal lobes of the brain. Because of the nature of interfering and severing important nerves in the brain, patients who undergo such drastic surgery never have the same control over their body again, as seen with McMurphy’s character when he lays lifeless on his bed. Therefore, there are moral and ethical considerations regarding lobotomies. In the 1930’s when lobotomies were first introduced, one of the main U.S. supporters of this procedure, neurologist Walter F. Freeman travelled throughout the world to advertise the positive effects of this new procedure. He even cited a study where thirteen of twenty patients’ conditions supposedly improved after their lobotomies (Lerner 1). There was opposition from other neurologists as they saw the after-effects of the lobotomy performed on one of the Kennedy children – Rosemary Kennedy (Goldberg 1). After the surgery, she was not able to coherently articulate herself

“There are too many people, and too few human beings.” (Robert Zend) Even though there are many people on this planet, there are very few civilized people. Most of them are naturally savaged. In the book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, boys are stranded on an island far away, with no connections to the adult world. These children, having no rules, or civilization, have their true nature exposed. Not surprisingly, these children’s nature happens to be savagery. Savagery can clearly be identified in humans when there are no rules, when the right situation arouses, and finally when there is no civilization around us.

Rory Miller once said, “The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence”. What he means by this is that everyone has a sense of violence in them, but some people choose not to express it, but under circumstances it’s a man eat man world. The prisoners in the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, were nice regular people before they were put in camps and at the beginning, but as time passed by they were being deprived of food and every human need, they started to change. They became more aggressive and violent. In certain situation people change, they will start worrying about themselves and only themselves.

Throughout history conflict spouted over beliefs has been frequent and people do not seem to learn from these calamities. From the crusades to the conflict arising between Gaza and Isreal today, humans seem to be programmed to show hostility to someone

You can see is threw many symbols the author chosses to include. A symbol could be school. To many students school is dredded adn usually something they do not spacificlly look forward too. But for David un the early days of his abuse, school is a sanctuary for him. He kind of relys on it for safty because it is not safe at home , as well as food when he is beign starved. Yet after a while it starts resembaling his home life after his fellow classments beat him up as well and his teachers neglect to do anything after noticeing the abuse. Another symblol that may have shwoed how cirten situations acn effect a changeracter is the drift wood. In the memoir's epilogue, David watches a piece of driftwood being pulled in and out by the ocean waves. Like the drift wood it shows how his childhood was mainly spent figting agenst forces that kept pulling and holding him back, yet it fought or pushed through till it finally got to the

Cormac McCarthy once said, “I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone can live in harmony is a really dangerous idea.” (Overview) This quote leaves us with the impression that humanity as a whole is innately violent, and we will explore this idea by examining “Blood Meridian.” This paper consists of three

Human civilization has come a long way from the Stone Age. Yet man continues to be violent in his conduct. In fact, violence has increased today. A man cannot walk on the street without looking over his shoulder because of fear of assault. Top leaders of the nation, as well as retired military generals, are assassinated in broad daylight. The roads are spilled with human blood. Firearms, bombs, swords, are frequently flourished and used.

Why are people cruel to each other? Is it due to the environment one grows up in or the way someone was raised. There are many factors that lead to humans becoming cruel to others. In both Lord of the Flies and other articles, the reasons people are cruel to one another is due to the morals and ethics and the government system they are raised in. In Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Golding illustrates how the difference in ethics and morals combined and the of governmental structures the boys have can lead to conflict, which eventually leads to violence within society.

In the world today, people are inhumane to each other. It is said that literature reflects us as humans. So that means what happens in literature reflects the events of real life. The theme of man’s inhumanity to man is portrayed in the texts Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the movie 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.You can even see this in everyday life. How often do you turn on the news and see stories of murder, rape, terrorism and death. This is inhumanity. All these texts formulate and bring together the ideas that we as humans are inhumane to each other and if we are to change as a society, this needs to change.

Since the evolution of the human race was first documented, there has been evidence that violence among humans to other humans has existed. The phrase, "It's a man-eat-man world" further demonstrates how the human

Humanity’s natural aggression means that civilization is “constantly threatened with disintegration” and it must make every effort to ensure these urges are curbed, in order for its continued existence. He continues in this vein, by stating that, in order for people to “forgo the satisfaction of their tendency to aggression” civilization encourages us to form into groups, however for this to work their must continue to be “outsiders,” that the aggression can be turned towards. This is in accordance with On the Genealogy of Morals, where it is the Slaves ascetic nature that forces them to also control their instincts. Likewise, both Freud and Nietzsche assert that these restrictions cause people to internalise their aggressions, turning inward.

Humans have the great ability to introspect any of their own actions, which in turn allows them to think greatly about how they act and treat others, while formulating an internal debate of whether their actions are commendable or poor. Using this great ability is imperative for humans to have the proper view and respect for other individuals, including those from a different species. Without using this feature we cannot understand the plights of other individuals and the deeper reasons behind why they’re occurring and we are stuck with one simple story of life that has yet to be proofread. We are gifted through evolution with a huge brain that can process a huge amount of information, which gave us the invention of language, complex thoughts, and being able to see within ourselves. The most insolent thing we can do with it is to not use it and live in a false world with a false identity as a result.

Incivility is like cancer in our world today, it ruins lives and seems unstoppable. With poverty and ungratefulness, there is a social divide that we don’t seem to want to bridge. Clayton gives examples of how incivility is a symptom of a bigger issue in our country. If we changed the focus from incivil attacks of others and focused it more on attacks of what is wrong to begin with, we would have a much better society.

audience that humans are not able to be civil, instead they must first resort to a violent behavior