How Can Memphis Respond To Unethical Behavior?

Parenting played a big role in shaping the two boys lives. Having a parental mentor is important because they assist and guide children to take the right decisions about their lives. The author had his two parents at the beginning of his life. Also, the author’s parents, especially his mother, tried to raise him in an effective way wanting him to know the right from wrong at an early age. “No mommy loves you, like I love you, she just wants you to do the right thing” (Moore 11). This quote was a live example of the author’s life with his parents. It reflected the different ways his parents used to teach him “the right thing.” Though his mother was upset from his action toward his sister, his father

The story of Maurice Haltiwanger stuck out to me because of the truth behind why he was in prison serving time for committing crimes that hypothetically he couldn’t help but to commit. Growing up, most kid’s role models are their parents or a close family member. Kids see what that person does and regardless of if that person is ‘good’ or ‘bad’, they want to be just like them. Maurice grew up around gang members and drug dealers, to him that seemed like a normal adult life. How was he supposed to know that what these people were

The Case of the West Memphis Three involves the three teenage boys accused and convicted of murdering Michael Moore, Stevie Branch, and Christopher Byers in West Memphis, Arkansas on May 5th, 1993. The investigation, trial, and appeals that followed would put the Arkansas criminal justice system under scrutiny for their actions. The West Memphis Police Department arrested and charged Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelly, Jr. with the three boy’s murders. The entire case was under the constant watch of the media and brought a great deal of attention to the actions and conduct of the West Memphis Police Department, as well as the Arkansas criminal justice system. Many outsiders got involved with the West Memphis Three case. Among these outsiders were famous musicians Eddy Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, famous actors including Johnny Depp, and superstar director Peter Jackson. These celebrities helped to raise awareness of the case as well as to help raise money for the West Memphis three to obtain appropriate post-conviction representation and unbiased forensic testing and analysis in the hopes of exonerating them of their convictions. While the new forensic evidence (and the new testing and expert analysis of the original evidence) ultimately helped the West Memphis Three become free men again, the question still remains as to who really murdered those three boys on May 5th, 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Because the

The issue of morality is a dominant theme in both texts, providing a central and critical theme in the narrative arc. In ‘Montana 1948’, Wes is conflicted when he hears about his brother’s rape accusations and is unsure whether to stand by his his family and ignore all the accusations or pursue morale justice against his brother’s actions at the expense of his family name. A similar situation arises in ‘Twelve Angry Men’ when the jurors take their initial vote and only one of the 12 jurors, the 3rd juror, takes a moral stance and is prepared to fight for justice by voting ‘not guilty’ due to the doubt present and lack of evidence available. He decides to take the moral high ground choosing to analyse the evidence before giving his conviction, claiming that he can’t possible “send a boy off to die” without at least “talking about it first”, thus considering the fate of the boy and the moral decision he must make. Despite criticisms and anger faced by other jurors, he reasons with them in a civil manner before agreeing that there is reasonable doubt to the accuracy of the evidence of whether

The oldest brother in the family has strong values but can't understand how his brother could get himself into so much trouble like this. He explains in the story that he and his family were trying so hard to be a model middle-class family in

In many situations, the reader has no issue distinguishing between the protagonist and antagonist. However, in Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire we are challenged by the character, Stanley Kowalski, to make a firm decision. Typically, we can instantly choose the criminal. Criminals possess several qualities, including: irrationality, entitlement, and impulsive acts. Just as we can choose the criminal, we can immediately recognize the so called “family man.”

He had himself convinced that he was doing the world a favor by holding back his sister, Dagny, an idealistic Objectivist. Other demonstrations of this ludicrous practice are displayed in the characters of the family of Hank Rearden, a successful and very driven steel manufacturer. His own mother, an advocate of such practices as indiscriminate charity and pity, informed him of his supposed social responsibility. She firmly believed that it was the duty of every man to give to every other man. “Virtue is the giving of the undeserved,” she said (265). These second-handers are the villains of the novel, the only enemies of the true genius. The looters are those who sit back, allowing others to do the work for them, so that they may simply return it with accusations concerning a lack of virtue and social concern. They believe that goodness arises from living on one’s knees, begging forgiveness for a transgression that should not be considered wrong: success, greatness. Jim Taggart repeatedly says things such as, “Why does he think he’s better than the rest of us – he and that sister of mine,” (899) in reference to people such as Hank Rearden, and of course, to Dagny. The only cause for these statements, and this fear of greatness, is the evasion of the lacking of it in his own character. The looters attempt to steal that which they could never be able to – the integrity of the

The elaborate characters that possess money and wealth are extremely dim witted while Jim, who comes from the lowest socioeconomic class, embodies the qualities, most importantly wisdom and compassion, of a quintessential hero. The wealthiest characters, The Grangerford’s and the Shephardson’s, have a rivalry that is to the utmost extreme; they despise each other. Their hate goes so far as to killing one another and while they may attend church together every Sunday, they stand with weapons holstered at the ready. Although this may be ironically funny, it shows their true lack of intelligence. While the families know they should hate each other, no member of either of the families is at a full understanding as to why they are killing one another. To put one’s life at risk to take another man’s life without even questioning why they are doing it proves they don’t think for themselves. Intelligent people think for themselves and form their own opinions and on the other end of the spectrum the incompetent lack the ability to think for themselves. At the top of the socioeconomic triangle, these rival families lack the ability to think for themselves which strongly portrays Mark Twain’s negative feelings towards the

The ambition for power is a major characteristic and flaw that we see and often hear about. It’s the American way for someone to always do better or be better at what they do, everyone wants to be the best and be at the top for something. Sometimes this can even drive someone wild and lead them to do things that are unexpected. At this time the person has been corrupted by power, like the Menendez brothers who were corrupted by greed and the ambition to be richer. The Menendez brothers are two men who were at one point in time very fortunate money wise and it all went downhill .

He perpetuated a thought process that made a child fear all others around him. This subconsciously harbors resentment against outsiders, however it also builds a misplaced trust with the child’s abuser. His father tells him after the first trial in the general store “You’re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood…” As a young ten-year-old, this speech from a father would be influential and make a child feel an obligation to the parent, even though they know the parent is in the wrong.

This evidence portrays how the character cooperated with her cousin to succeed; She started off disagreeing with her cousins actions and then realized he needed her help and she changed

This hatred and drive to kill the opposing person allows simple things such as communication to cease and allows the drive to take the lead. These families’ hatred for one another influence the drive to kill. The two families will not stop until the other one is dead. Therefore, each narrator has the drive to kill the other one. Once the drive to kill is gone, their plans are altered.

The assignment details discusses that this past weekend, Johnson was arrested during a burglary when he entered a home where the home owner was present. Unfortunately due to his actions, Johnson’s mother had to mortgage her home in order to afford bailing him out of jail. Following his mother bailing him out of jail, Johnson’s mother started to berate him on the drive home. She proceeded to state that he has ended up "just like his father, a criminal" and that the stress of his criminal actions will probably result in his mother dying early. Upon hearing these statements from his mother, James angrily blurted out that it was her fault, that this was the only life he knew because his father never taught him anything worthwhile. Johnson went on to say that his mother and father fought all the time and the main subject of their fights was his

Mrs. Shelby had to do whatever she could to try and buy Uncle Tom back. She came up with different solutions to their troubles, suggesting she teach music lessons to make money for buying Tom back. Her husband refuses to allow Mrs. Shelby to “degrade herself” by working. Mrs Shelby finds it more degrading to break her promise to Aunt Chloe and Uncle Tom. Mrs. Shelby’s conscious would not allow her to let go of her promise to Chloe and Tom, because she had to do whatever she could for the people that she cared most for, because of the kindness in her heart.

James Lee Burke’s novel Black Cherry Blues is an excellent illustration of how people utilize power to achieve goals. The goal of this essay is to answer the question how do the characters in Black Cherry Blues exercise the three faces of power to meet their strategic goals? This paper is organized into three sections. The first section will define the concepts used to analyze the characters. The second will analyze two characters, one defined as good and one defined as bad. The section will identify the character traits and strategic goals that shape the characters actions in the narrative. The third section will identify three lessons from the analysis of how each character uses power. These lessons are the basis for determining whether