So you choose to answer the questions. The strangers with the dirty hair and ripped clothing decides to honor their agreement and let you live. The questions they ask made you assume that most of them had suffered memory loss or a concussion from the shipwreck. You for some reason didn’t suffer any memory loss and could still remember most of the incident. You were able to tell them that it wasn’t your fault, you told them that you remember someone or some people in another boat hitting you, breaking a propeller off the back bottom of the ship knocking them off course. Then you tell them how they were boarded by strangers with guns and more and more boats surround them. You then tell them how you don’t remember the actual crash because you
In his short story, “The Strangers that Came to Town”, Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted.
Whose fault is it? Every day children are sucked into marketing ads and techniques created by multi-million dollar companies. Is it right for companies to target children who cannot think for themselves? Or should parents and guardians be at fault for their child’s engagement with certain foods or product. Multi-million dollar companies have the power to change the world with their advertising of certain products, however, responsible parents also have the power to change their child’s life.
Everyone got back home safe, but with just small injures. My group walked all the way to the lake and around three mountains. We were picked up by a boat on the lake and brought to the rescue station. The troopers took us back to the bus. Jared and Caiden broke off from my group before we got to the lake. They got to the shore of the lake and saw us boat by on the boat that picked us up. Coach Wardlaws group was the only group that didn’t have to be rescued, but they still had a hard time getting back to the bus. Once everyone was rescued and brought back to the bus; we all had sandwiches and had the choice to go back home or go to a place to swim. We all choose to go
The book The Things They Carried tells different stories of a terrible war that many young men were forced into. One such man was the author, Tim O’Brien. He served in Vietnam for two years and is still haunted from the things that happened there. O’Brien was deployed as a foot soldier in the 3rd Platoon, A Co., 5th Batt. 46th Infantry from 1969 to 1970 (O’Brien, 2010). He had many friends who were killed violently. In The Things They Carried there is a young Native American man who was kind and peaceful and he died horribly.
I woke up early and dressed in my blue collared shirt and tied a white handkerchief, commonly worn by sailors. My previous work on a shipyard gave me the knowledge I needed on how to work on a ship. I got into a horse drawn carriage owned by one of my friends to avoid buying a ticket at the railroad station because I did not want my papers to be carefully examined. So instead, I waited for the train to leave, then I raced up to the car assigned for blacks and jumped aboard as the wheels started to turn. The adventures now began! It took a long time for the conductor to make his way down the aisle collecting the tickets. When he got to me he asked if I had my free papers, I told him as casually as I could that I never carried my free papers to sea with me. He scanned my seamen’s papers which had an American eagle at the top and looked very official, which they were. It was a good thing he only peeked at the papers because the sailor described in no way matched me at all. He sold me my ticket and I was on my
There is an idea that we have become a nation of victims. Some psychologist and most people have a don’t blame the victim mentality. While other psychologist look at the victims as being held accountable in some cases. Looking at the data and validity of these arguments, I believe that neither one should be used but instead we should shy away from the blame approach and develop a better understanding of the role victims play in violent situations
Father was on that ship. But more importantly, I needed to help the injured. I saw an old man being shot at. I ran to go help him, but… “BAM” I heard a tremendous boom, and then I heard nothing at all.
There have been multiple cases where a civilian has been put in danger, and someone has refused to help causing the civilian to be in immense pain or even resulted to death. Each case there is a dispute saying that if a person has the choice and does not help should, they should be sued. In this scenario an off duty police officer was attacked on the property of a 7-11, and the clerk refused to help, which lead to the police officer suing him.
In Bill Moyers interview with Margaret Atwood, she states “When societies come under stress these kinds of things happen. People start looking around for essentially human sacrifices” (?). A scapegoat is a person or a group of people who are punished for the mistakes of others. In the history of our society, scapegoats have been both necessary and important. The reason for this is because it unites people and can be seen as a temporary solution to problems that a society may be facing. Is it easier to get rid of individuals or groups of people than it is to solve the underlying problem? History shows that it is common for scapegoating to be used especially under stressful situations. Psychologically uncomfortable feelings such as anger, frustration, envy, guilt, and fear are projected onto another person or group. This is the human ego at work.
In the United States we want everyone to be equal and to be fare for others. It is important that all states agree on this so that everyone is happy. If people are not equal then they get mad and think that it is unfare that everyone else gets to do something that you can't, this is very important that this will happen with this. It is also very important that we have a good governemt and voting system. And if everyone is equal then knowone can one up another state.
Americans sure eat plenty of fast foods, maybe too good that it is affecting their health. Who’s really to blame with all these fast foods at every corner? The average american can consume up to 2,500 pounds of food each year. At least one of their meals per day will be at a fast food restaurant too. This is causing many americans to be obese, from all the carbs, added sugars, unhealthy fat, and extra sodium added. Fast food can’t only affect a person physically, but it can affect a person mentally as well. The sad thing is that so many people lack on their education on health that many won't even know that they're damaging their body, the people must know the limit. Americans health is at risk and fast food is to blame, people need to be more aware of what they're putting into their bodies, and also be encouraged to do more physical activities.
White people don’t have any reason to bring down the black people. Because black people bring down their self. From killing, fighting, stealing just any and everything. All the white people do is just sit back and watch the ignorant black people do foolish things. Knowing black people we always have to blame it on somebody though.
Freedom can be expressed in many ways, whether it be from the individual or from the community. One can express freedom from escaping their own barriers from their life. This can make someone’s life more easy to live because they can freely express their ideas and thoughts without being ridiculed. Other people may express freedom from being accepted in society. In Ambrose Flack’s short story, “The Strangers that Came to Town”, he shows that true freedom is about being accepted. Flack uses characterization of Mr. Duvitch as a catalyst to show that true freedom is about being accepted. Mr. Duvitch wasn’t accepted for the beginning of the story which creates a poor image of himself in his community. Flack also shows that once he is accepted by society, it shows the power of acceptance and how it is transferred to happiness. Once Mr. Duvitch was accepted and free, the whole community finally understood who he really is. Mr. Duvitch’s true personality shined through because he was comfortable within his community.
Beginning in the first century C.E., Christianity, a religion started by the followers of Jesus of Nazareth, extended across the Roman empire. Christianity provided Roman citizens with the prospect of forgiveness, ideal of achievement, and sense of community; however, along with this growing recognition followed the opposition of Christianity, which was initiated by Roman officials and sometimes emperors. Gradually the animosity directed towards Christianity declined and in 313 C.E. Constantine, emperor of Rome at the time, issued the Edict of Milan, demanding the toleration and acceptance of all religions. Eusebius of Caesarea, a Greek historian of Christianity, records Constantine’s reign and his eventual
For most individuals, the thought of blaming the victim of a tragic experience for their own pain and suffering, seems preposterous. However, ascribing at least some of the blame to the victim is not uncommon (Niemi & Young, 2014). Victim blaming refers to individuals finding reasons to hold the victim of an incident responsible for the crime that took place (Hayes, Lorenz & Bell, 2013). For victims of sexual assault, who may already be experiencing self-blame and distrust of others, being blamed adds insult to injury (Harber, Podolski, & Williams, 2015). According to Harber et. al, victim blaming can also have long-term effects on victims, such as, increased anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In an effort to increase support and resources for survivors of sexual assault researchers must determine why individuals are prone to blaming the victims rather than the perpetrator of a crime.