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In the Zimbardo’s The Stanford Prison Experiment; however, the ‘guards’ and ‘prisoners’ were placed in the same facility and were face to face on a daily basis unlike the Milgram experiment. The ‘guards’ would tell the ‘prisoners’ jokingly to do something, however the ‘prisoners’ would do what they were commanded to do to try to hang on to their identity. (Zimbardo 393) By the end of the experiment most ‘prisoners’ showed increased stress levels in the ‘prisoners’ within days, some ‘prisoners’ could not handle the stress induced and had to be released early. The ‘guards’ were equally changed do to the scenario they were put in. One journal of the ‘guards’ showed how a passive person became a person shoving food down another person’s mouth and locking them up in solitary confinement (Zimbardo 389-399).

Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, is telling the story of a young adventurer named Christopher McCandless. His disturbing past led him into the wild away from society. Although, his desire to abandon society led to his death. In Into the Wild , Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as a rebel and wonderlust.

When one delves more deeply into the writing of Krakauer it is obvious that there are many literary aspects driving his work. The author uses ethical appeal, which is supported by colloquial language when referring to his protagonist. Not only does Krakauer strive to tell a both fascinating and intriguing story in Into The Wild, but he also looks to gain the credibility of the audience. Before the publishing of this book in 1996, the most intimate writing on McCandless was a 9,000 word essay by Krakauer titled Death of an Innocent. Though this gave way to significant circulation of information on McCandless, and his endured circumstance, the article published in Outside magazine was not nearly as elaborate as his published book. Krakauer used Into The Wild as a stepping point for himself, but also as a mechanism for him to connect to an audience. Throughout the book, Krakauer refers to McCandless as “Chris”, yielding people to feel more in touch with the storyline and it’s characters. Though pathos infused in Krakauer’s writing, he is continually attempting to win over the audience ethically in his book. The author uses McCandless’s first name to get his audience to religiously believe his story, but also his take on what had occurred leading up to 1992. Krakauer says, “Many aspects of Chris’s personality

In today’s society, people are praised for being selfless individuals. On the other hand, selfish individuals are looked down upon. This standard makes it quite difficult for many to understand why Chris McCandless is considered a hero. Throughout his life, he made decisions that would benefit him and only him. He caused the pain of heartbreak wherever he went. He did not leave the positive impact that he sought to accomplish. In Jon Krakauer 's book, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless was selfish because he put himself in front of others, as seen through his relationships with his parents, Ronald Franz, and Wayne Westerberg.

The guards not only abused the prisoners physically but also mentally. In the Stanford prison experiment, the guards abused the prisoners physically and mentally because of the power the guards had over the

In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues created the experiment known as the Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo wanted to investigate further into human behavior, so he created this experiment that looked at the impact of taking the role of a prisoner or prison guard. These researchers examined how the participants would react when placed in an institutionalized prison environment. They set up a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University’s psychology building. Twenty four undergraduate students were selected to play the roles of both prisoners and guards. These students were chosen because they were emotional, physically, and mentally stable. Though the experiment was expected to last two weeks, it only lasted six days after the researchers and participants became aware of the harm that was being done.

Maus I and Maus II, a graphic novel that is broken down into two books, illustrate the gruesome effects of the holocaust (1986, 1991). Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman tells a story of his father Vladke, and his experience’s during the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. He illustrates the graphic novel with mice representing the Jews and cats representing the German Nazis. Spiegelman articulates Vladek’s story of how the Germans took over the Jew’s homes and businesses, and made them victims of work labors in Auschwitz. During World War II, concentration camps were known to be a place where they capture Jews and place them captive and restricted them under tough conditions (2016).

Art Spiegelman’s MAUS chronicles his father’s survival of the Holocaust, while detailing the effects the experience has had on Art and Vladek’s relationship as father and son. As a graphic novel, the text’s panelled illustrations are essential to our understanding. From the start, the audience is introduced to the idea of characters of various races being represented as animals, with the Jewish characters represented as mice, the Nazis and cats, and the Poles as pigs. However, it is not simply the idea of people as animals, but the ways in which Spiegelman undermines this representative depiction of his characters which highlights Nazi brutality and racial prejudice. Overall, an examination of Spiegelman's use of masks to break down his metaphor

In my honors language arts class, we are reading the novella, The Call of The Wild. To be honest, The Call of The Wild,was probably not my favorite book I have ever read, but it was still entertaining and exciting. It was about a dog, Buck, that was taken from is home to be sold as a sled dog, in Alaska, during the Klondike Gold Rush. Also, about Buck meeting new people and concurring struggles he had never faced before. Chapter 1, consist of Buck being taken from his home and sold to a complete strangers.

The graphic novel Maus I: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: And Here my Troubles Began, by Art Spiegelman was a story of the life depicting Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, during his plight through the holocaust. His son Art visits his father to get information to write his illustrative graphic novel showcasing the dynamic between different ethnicities during World War II. We are given a visual reenactment of Vladek’s life from meeting his first wife, to losing a son, and to surviving the beast that is the holocaust. Spiegelman uses allegories throughout Maus for human ethnicities by replacing facial features with that of an animal. The primary focuses upon the differentiation in ethnic stereotypes in this graphic novel were: Germans as the big bad tough cats that toy with the mice, Jews as quiet vermin that must be squashed, and great and loyal dogs from America who are portrayed as the saviors too the mice from the cats. Art Spiegelman uses metaphor to describe race and adds in hierarchy/superiority from the Germans, Americans, and Jews. All the stereotyping Spiegelman does, correlates with his recurring theme of racism, which was the primary catalyst to spur the holocaust.

Reading a mandatory part of our english curriculum we read many books. Some of those books we want to throw, and never read. While others we don't want to put down at the end of the hour. Over the years students have read many books for our English classes covering many different topics, and ideas. One of the best books was read in 8th grade called Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd a historical story about slavery in the south. Therefore, with every great book comes one that not everyone will enjoy reading. Call of the Wild by Jack London was that book which became dreaded to read daily. Selling dogs into labor forces up in the Yukon Territory, the struggles the teams faced, and a dog's decision to stay with his owner or leave is what Call

“Maus” is a collection of documentary literature, comics, memoirs and biographical. “Maus” has two story lines, one of them is Art Spiegelman interviews his father’s Vladek about his Holocaust experience and describe the present life of Spiegelman and Vladek. The other one is Vladek’s Holocaust experience. In “Maus”, Art Spiegelman uses animal allegory, lines, lighting style and viewing angles to reconstruct and explore the identity for the Jew and the Nazi through the Holocaust memories of his father.

“Human Darkness” is an article in the New York times about the legacies of war and human suffering. The article, talks about the violence of the past and how we can use the past experiences to better understand the future. Violence has a way of destroying a person’s life. Violence can effect a person memory by causing suppression of the mind and destroy many custom and beliefs of a person. Violent is the plight of many refugees. However, education is the most effective counterterrorist strategies the is violence. Violators are encouraged to speak up against their oppressors and in spite of human nature we are capable to resist violence

This report is based on the best-selling graphic novel Maus, written by renowned American cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The book was originally published in 1986 by Pantheon Books. The anomalous novel depicts the life and story of Art Speigelman’s Polish born parents - Vladek and Anja Speigelman and how they survived the Holocaust. In his novel, the Jews are portrayed as mice, the Poles as pigs, and Germans as cats. The story alternates between the parents’ struggles and the present day strained relationship between Vladek Speigelman and his son, including the suicide of Art’s mother when he was 20 years old and its effect on them.

In 1971 Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) in the basement of Stanford University as a mock prison. Zimbardo’s aim was to examine the effect of roles, to see what happens when you put good people in an evil place and to see how this effects tyranny. He needed participants to be either ‘prisoners’ or ‘guards’ and recruited them through an advertisement, 75 male college students responded and 24 healthy males were chosen and were randomly allocated roles. Zimbardo wanted to encourage deindividuation by giving participants different uniforms and different living conditions (the guards had luxuries and the prisoners were living as real prisoners). The guards quickly began acting authoritarian, being aggressive towards the prisoners and giving them punishments causing physical and emotional breakdowns. Zimbardo’s intention was for his study to last for 2 weeks, however, it