Voter apathy

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

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

"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

Feeling of unsatisfied by an activity, or uninterested in any activity, can lead to boredom and it is a common feeling. All of us have this feeling of boredom more often. It may occur when you feel energetic but have nowhere to spend your energy. Boredom may also occur when we have difficulty focusing on a task. One of the common complaints among young and adults is boredom. In some cases, a person may complains of boredom when he is uncomfortable dealing with his thoughts or feelings. In this article

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.

in matters most would deem vital. Frederic Henry struggles throughout the book to find acceptable resolutions to his problems, but in the end realizes the futility of his hardships. In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway uses disillusionment and apathy to show the fruitlessness of mankind and prevalence of mortality. The differences between Frederic Henry’s expectations and the realities of war are striking. This can be attributed to Henry’s lack of experience. Hemingway does not explain why Frederic

Jiaxin Cheng LSU ID: 893952268 ENGL 1001 21/09/2016 Dear Professor Csikszentmihalyi, This letter is talking about what I learned from your book, my flow experiences and what are elements of flow in my opinion. But before that I would like to share a old Chinese fairy tale with you. 1800 years ago in Jin dynasty of China, there was a farmer who’s name is Wangzhi. One day he went out to cut firewood in hills, he saw there are an old man and a child playing the GO (a Chinese game) in pavilion

"The world will remain as brutal as our level of desensitization to its brutality." (Unknown) Many humans in this world no longer feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty, violence, or suffering as they are overexposed to such images. In other words, these people have become desensitized and display no empathy towards others. In the event that one is exposed to these types of surroundings on a regular basis they begin to adapt and become unaware of how heinous their actions actually are. Though

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