The Sniper by Liam O´Flaherty and Just Lather, That´s All by Hernando Tellez

Reasonable people will generally go a long distance to protect their loved-ones. However, most reasonable people would believe that killing someone in order to protect their loved ones would be immoral and harmful. In the case of R v. Buzizi [2013], a man killed another in a supposed effort to protect his cousin. On an early morning in Montréal, the accused’s cousin and the victim ensued in a brawl (Casey). The initial fight was broken up by a third party. A few moments later, the accused, Mr. Buzizi, who saw the initial assault from afar, intervened and pushed the victim (Casey). Then, Mr. Buzizi noticed that the victim had an exacto knife, and that his cousin had a serious wound on his neck (R v. Buzizi, para 24). For fear that the

The similarities between the stories may not appear very apparent at first over closer analyzation the appear more apparent .Both stories are focused around a brother and a sister whom

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

Mass murderers are a diverse group of people. They are a danger to society and it is important to understand the wide variability among these people. The kinds of mass murderers revolve around two central types that branch off to several subtypes. The profile of a mass murderer generally contains a specific set of traits. These people are often driven by one of a series of different motives. In order to achieve their goals, mass murderers have plenty of different methods and weapons at their disposal. Inevitably, the discussion of punishment always ensues when the subject of dangerously destructive killers arises. The study of mass murderers is one that requires analyzing and profiling all of the components that make up a killer, from

Having each story been written in a third-person narrative form, the reader knows the innermost feelings of the

These two stories have few things in common that can be described in a way that

Reasonable people will generally go a long distance to protect their loved-ones. However, most reasonable people would believe that killing someone else in order to protect their loved ones would be immoral and harmful. In the case of R v. Buzizi [2013], a man killed another in a supposed effort to protect his cousin. On an early morning in Montréal, the accused’s cousin and the victim ensued in a brawl. The initial fight was broken up by a third party. A few moments later, the accused, Mr. Buzizi, who saw the initial assault from afar, intervened and pushed the victim. Then, Mr. Buzizi noticed that the victim had an exacto knife, and that his cousin had a serious wound on his neck. For fear that the victim was going to pull out the

The purpose of this research paper is to examine the lives of Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. They are known as the D.C. Snipers who initiated a killing spree that lasted over 20 days and resulted in 10 deaths and 3 injuries. This paper gives insight into the manipulation and control of John Allen Muhammad over Lee Boyd Malvo who was child during this reign of terror. Information is given to aid in understanding the contributing factors that led to innocent lives taken from society, the loss innocence of a minor, and the molding and shaping of a cold blooded killer.

Men and women around the world put their lives on the line all in the name of either protecting their countries or protecting themselves. The act of taking someone’s life is viewed in many different ways depending on the situation, for example, it is okay when acting in defense such as a soldier is, but is not okay when done without cause or is premeditated. In cases where the defendant is found guilty of murder, many people are sentenced to death, in which there are many options to choose from to fulfill the death sentence. There are the electric chair, firing squads, gas chambers, hanging, or lethal injections . In experiment 1, we look at FMRI images when veterans look at simulations of death to see if the Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex is activated and if there is associated guilt. In experiment 2, we will try to determine if these veterans view these men and women in charge of carrying out the execution the same as the murderer themselves in the sense that they both are taking a life by carrying out 3 experiments, testing intent, decisions, and response times. The results should hopefully shed some insight on the nature of moral beliefs.

Killing does not come naturally to people. For someone kills an individual they know that person is either a child, sibling, parent, lover, or friend, just like themselves. This person is supposed to live another day to experience the sun in their face, and hear the laughs of their family. But in a few seconds a killer could take all of that away from them, as if all those days lived were meaningless. This is when the killer’s conscious mind comes in, and they begin to feel guilt. To avoid this pestering feeling, coping mechanisms are created. The idea of coping mechanism - strategies to deal with internal distresses and fault, was displayed in both, “A Hanging” by George Orwell and “The lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In “A Hanging” a prisoner

…killing can lead to fear and insecurity in those who learn of the risk to their own lives, is transformed into a reason in favor of permitting killing, when people are killed only on their request. For then killing poses no threat.#

At first glance, these stories probably look the same. However, if you take the time to read them over, you will be able to see the differences between the two. Yes, the plot and characters are the same, but the way the stories are told can change the how we view them. Point of view is very important to think about when writing because it can open a gateway of new ideas. See, despite their similarities these stories and their differing points of view drastically affect how we see the story and its ideals portrayed.

mentality of the murderer himself." We do not punish rape with rape, or burn down the house of an arsonist. We should not, therefore, punish the murderer with death.

“One aspect of Wolgang’s work that researchers have almost wholly ignored, however, is his idea that at least some victim-precipitated homicides are actually suicides” (Klinger, 2001, pg. 207). There is a variation on homicide-suicide cases where research indicates that some individuals kill other people in order to receive capital punishment. “Although there are no firm data on how often victims of violence at the hands of other citizens are suicidal, there does exist one empirical hint about the relative frequency of victim-precipitated suicide in citizen-on-citizen violence of different sorts” (Klinger, 2001, pg. 220). Homicides that are victim precipitated can either be intentional or

Both of these works have very similar narrators. By just reading the works, they seem very different because of who they killed and why, where and with whom they lived, and how they murdered their victims. But, by analyzing the two men, they become more and more alike. They both tell their stories in the first person and write from their jail cells. Each chose to reference an animal in their stories. The two men, both hide the corpses in the structures of the homes. Likewise, the narrators try to defend their sanity by logically justifying their horrific actions based on their mental states throughout the flashbacks of the events.