Apathy

Apathy Indifferent. Detached. Desolate from any kind of emotion. This is how one “feels” when apathy sneaks its way into their brain. Everything they have ever felt becomes a vague and distant memory, a vast void. There is nothing that can be done, so it seems to the individual. This leaves him/her quite helpless. And more often than not, the phrases “I don’t care!”, “Why does it even matter?”, and “It isn’t important” are overlooked and are labeled rebellious. But should those phrases not spark

them all – the apathy of human beings.” Helen Keller’s beautifully articulated words reflect the abnormality of apathy among human beings. Apathy is neither a deadly disease that solely attacks the weak nor a problem faced by certain groups of people. Apathy affects humanity as a whole, striking human beings regardless of race, religion, and culture. Apathy is generally defined as the “absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement” (“Apathy,” n.d.). When the word “apathy” comes to mind

Apathy Imagine you are driving down the road late to work. On the side of the road you see that two cars have been in a serious accident. You almost pull over, when you remember how late you are for work. So instead, you keep driving telling yourself that someone else who has more time will stop and help them. When you finally arrive at work, you see that a homeless woman is sitting near the building you work at asking for money. You’re already seventeen minutes late for work, and you don’t have

In Man’s Search for Meaning and Cast Away, Victor and Chuck experienced apathy and gained positive attitudes. When someone is apathetic, it means they have lack of any type of emotion. If someone has a positive attitude, they believe there will be a good outcome and if someone has a negative attitude, they would rather give up. In Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor in the camp, especially if they were sick, noticed that some of the campers lacked emotion and were became defensive. Towards the end

Furthermore, this is a timely topic considering it is looking at the current state of apathetic voters, and possible psychological causes of apathy, like a rise in depression, anxiety, mental disorder, etc. I found several articles of people talking about the effect of mental health on voter apathy. The study done by Ojeda found that depression has the potential to be a cause, and his tone came off as assertive about his conclusion. However, it was difficult to weed

about unbelievers, lukewarm souls, narcissists and the spiritually illiterate. She wrote about racists, white trash, busy bodies and poor, beaten down black folks. She wrote about the unraveling of faith where the default mode for her characters was apathy, smugness, desapir or indifference. She believed the South was haunted by religion but as a group were literally swimming in mediocrity, cynicism and emptiness – a rough and tumble nihilism. They might say their faith mattered or attended services

“..(T)he serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual--nature in the wind, and nature in the vision of men. She did not seem cruel to him then, nor beneficent, nor treacherous, nor wise. But she was indifferent, flatly indifferent.”(Crane). This nonchalant aspect of nature dominates Stephen Crane’s short story, The Open Boat, in order to highlight the meaning of the esoteric voice of the sea in view of man’s blights and life itself. Crane’s story portrays a group of shipwrecked men in

stopped caring. The youth of today are almost always disengaged with politics and world issues (K.), and it seems that apathy has taken hold of the new generation. However, youth apathy should not be blamed on the youth themselves, as this apathy comes from a culmination of pressures and circumstances beyond their control. This is due to popular shows promoting the message of apathy, the biology of young adults and teenagers, and the oversaturation of world issues in the media. Instead of pushing blame

logical reasoning to convey that the United States has committed acts of indifference to showcase the severity of the situation, and evokes emotion by proclaiming how children endure indifference. Wiesel's purpose is to expose the harsh reality that apathy imposes on its victims to bring awareness of the issue in hope that the audience acts upon it. He adopts an empathetic tone for government officials and politicians who influence society.

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death." - Wiesel