What If You Should Be Considered A Snitch?

To snitch or not to snitch, that is the question. For decades law enforcement agencies across the world have used informants to help put criminals behind bars. Unfortunately, the use of informants has had little effect on lowering crime rates in areas where crime runs rampant. In the article by Alexandra Natapoff, titled, “Bait and Snitch: The High Cost of Snitching for Law Enforcement,” she discusses how informants do more harm than good at helping the war on crime. After doing some research on the topic, I would have to agree with Natapoff’s belief because the use of informants has handicapped law enforcement agencies. Also, the informants themselves, are dangerous and the use of them has negatively affected communities.

Even though the dynamic of Annie and Mae’s relationship rarely involves talking to each other sweetly, this exchange seems to hint at a lack of trust between Annie and Mae–trust that would presumably exist between two best friends. Because Annie spies on Mae, she gains private information about her best friend that causes her to make a bad judgement about two coworkers she does not directly deal with. In other words, invading Mae’s privacy causes Annie to become too intertwined in Mae’s personal issues, which just exacerbates the situation. In this situation, what links Annie and Mae together is not friendship, but problems; this unhealthy kind of relationship leads to more problems, like the lack of trust between the two friends. Thus, a lack

In the beginning of the play all the girls were practicing witchcraft and dancing round the fire, but Mary Warren only sat and watch. She is still in the wrong for being there but she was probably peer pressured into going.(“I never done none of it Abby. I only looked” page #892)I feel that if I was Mary I would have done the same, I wouldn’t want others to looked down on me or be excluded from the group.

Martha was tied to her father through bloodlines so not only was the whole family affected by her actions and ideas she also shared a blood and more emotional connection to her “controlling” figure; whereas Mary was bound to John Anderson in more of a fiscal and economic way- servitude, later known as apprenticeship. Because of this situation Martha had no power no matter what she did, and in most cases probably didn’t recognize her lack of power because she was being controlled by her father. But, for Mary she did possess a small amount of power for herself. Prior to her marriage to William Edmondson the two paid an unreasonable fee of $500 to him not only to release her of her serviced duties but to also be lawfully married in the eyes of the state. Because of this difference, the two seem slightly different, but in terms of power, both possessed little to none over

She goes and tries to tell the court the truth, but the other girls turn on her and say she is a witch, and that she is coming after them. She then figures it is easier to lie than to tell the truth, and once again falls to peer pressure. Mary Warren is not a strong character in the book at all. Whoever she is with and whatever they tell her to do, she does it. Mary is definitely a victim of peer pressure.

Martha said she was so beside herself that she told Kim either stop drinking or you are on your own.

Martha's mean bitterness is her way of proving to everyone and her self, that she has control. But in reality she has very little control over her life; she is trying to live through her husbands eyes, living up to her father expectations, and drinking heavily. She does not have much power, because her fate is so tied up in the men around her.

This chapter provides insight on controversial issues troubling the criminal justice system, such as the use of confidential informants, three strikes laws, life without parole, and sex offenders, which is no doubt relative to prison overcrowding in the United States. The most question raised is which issue has been the most detrimental to this nation and should be eradicated immediately?

Heather, who had once been Melinda’s “friend”, turns against Melinda when she says, “‘Look, you can’t eat lunch with me anymore. I’m sorry. Oh, and don’t eat those potato chips. They’ll make you break out.’ She neatly wraps her trash into a wax-paper ball and deposits it in the garbage can. Then she walks to the Martha table. Her friends scootch down to make room for her. They swallow her whole and she never looks back at me. Not once” (Anderson 107). The Martha’s were a group of people who do nice things for the community together and Heather dragged Melinda with her when Heather tried to join the Martha’s. When Heather says, “Look, you can’t eat lunch with me anymore”, she’s trying to say that Melinda is no longer someone suitable to hang out with Heather. Basically, Heather abandoned Melinda for another group of people who actually fit into the society. If Heather were an actual friend, she wouldn’t have just ditched Melinda like that for the Martha’s, who later on, reject Heather. Heather “never looks back” at Melinda which goes to show that Heather doesn’t see Melinda as a friend. Heather abandoned Melinda and if Heather had been a real friend, she wouldn’t have been so quick to let go of Melinda. Another example of an antagonist to Melinda is Rachel. Towards the beginning of the book, Rachel clearly displays her

Character’s actions establish an atmosphere in the scene. Since Joe has left Karen has been sensing something about the speech Martha is presenting Karen nervously responds, “Why are you saying all this,” which Martha replies, “Because I love you” (Hellman 66). Karen pushing away because she knows what is coming next, which is Martha’s line. Martha says, “But maybe I love you that way. The way they said I loved you. I don’t know — Listen to me” and “I have loved you the way they said” (Hellman 66). That way in a relationship way. Question the authenticity of what type of love she really feels. Martha says “There’s always been something wrong. Always—as long as I can remember. But I never knew it until all this happened” (Hellman 66). Is this

words and implies she is the true fool by saying “do you not hear, fellows? Take away the lady”

In the movie The Informant, Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, who was made famous by being one of the most high-profile whistleblowers in corporate America. For three years, Whitacre worked with the Feds to bring down his company Archer Daniels Midland for a price-fixing scheme. If it weren’t for the fact that Whitacre was also embezzling funds, he would have come out of the whole thing a well-renowned hero.

In all truth, the only character that audiences do not have a reason to hate is Martha Dunstock (ACTRESS), a mere victim of the Heathers’ cruelty. From the very beginning of the movie, Martha is seen as a victim of bullying when the Heathers convince Veronica to forge a note from her crush confessing his love for the pariah. Martha is repetitively put in these kinds of horrible situations as a statement about what high school really is like. For some people, high school is anything but the light-hearted teenage

As we have all probably found out, talking about someone behind their back never works for the better. Her friend Beatrix talks about a man who lives in another town who writes “tour guide books” as a living. Her brother would stop writing poetry and start to write something useful like this so that they can get more money. As to not squander his time, Dorothy thinks he should change what he is writing so they could sell a book and actually live off of his hard work. “if only William would turn his gills to something similar, we could both perhaps find pleasure. But no, he will not listen. He has ears only for his Muse.” Wishing that her brother would not be as lazy as she thinks he is would not be a big problem if she took the issue to him. Dorothy instead brings her problems to a friend and they talk about him and other men. This behavior could lead them to trouble if they do not get a hold of their need for hurtful gossip. Moreover, William probably takes pride in his work and they are too quick to say it is useless. That poetry will put him in the history books. Their need for gossip overrides the fact that her brother has feelings and would not appreciate the slander against his

Gassner notes in Best American Plays "Their most violent attacks are not without a loving component and each provides the other with the opportunity for expressing these ambivalent feelings"(148)."Their relationship is an incredible inferno of sado-masochism" (148). After Martha commits adultery, George jealously attempts to choke her to death. Their relationship is demonstrated in the series of insults in which they enjoy the negations of love.