The Disdain of Total Equality Total equality may seem fair and justifiable in the eyes of some people, but in many cases it turns out to be little more than a form of oppression, in which a group of people limit the abilities of others. Throughout the story Vonnegut speaks of this necessity for equality and the means that the government goes to achieve it by using devices called ‘handicaps’; one example of this is George’s earpiece, “A buzzer sounded in George’s head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.” Vonnegut’s simile here creates a sort of loud diction, which expresses the sheer discomfort invoked by these restraints on the person wearing them. The governing body in this society views this as the solution to a problem, one that happens to be relatively impossible to solve, this is how Vonnegut incorporates satire into his story. He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story.
According to Rios “in this era of mass incarceration, society has formed around the idea that young adults who commit small acts of deviance will eventually commit more severe acts and this leads to community members treating all deviants as criminals”. This attitude from the community only contributes to the embracing of the stereotype “criminal” and makes it very easy for the youth to “give up” and then mess up. If only the communities and families realized the youths are being given a second chance because of a non-violent crime and have the opportunity to get back on track, and if they have
• Obliges local authorities, the police and other local bodies to draw up a crime and disorder strategy covering their area. Criticism about the bill Civil liberties groups argue that asbos mark an unacceptable blurring of criminal and civil law because a breach of their asbo can incur criminal penalties including up to five years' imprisonment. Children's rights campaigners argue that asbos are disproportionately used to target young people. They point out that although many forms of anti-social behaviour can be alarming or distressing, they are often not criminal. Even though the original action may not be criminal, for example playing loud music, breaching an asbo can lead to a sentence of up to five years in
Sedaris also uses hyperboles to enhance the humor and drama in his writings. One instance of hyperbole is in “Go Carolina,” when he states, “the word therapy suggested a profound failure on my part.” Obviously, he is exaggerating the fact that therapy was a “profound failure,” adding to his intended drama. Also, in “In the Waiting Room,” when he is describing his experience, it is an exaggeration to have the thought of suicide at the moment. But the use of hyperboles in this case works, because the exaggeration of certain things provides comedy for the reader. Sedaris also makes use of rhetorical questioning.
People with antisocial disorder will act instead of feel; they find it difficult to talk about their personal emotional experiences. The feelings of helpless and a scared victim during childhood stage makes them want to scare and victimize others when they grow up (Hansel & Damour, 2008). Furthermore, the psychodynamic aspect also delves into analyzing early childhood attachments of individuals with antisocial personality disorder. Gabbard (2000) stated that “normal parent-child attachment paves the way for the internalization of a morally guiding superego and the ability to empathize with others. People with antisocial personality disorder show abnormal superego functioning and a lack of empathic ability to imagine how others feel, presumably due to disrupted parent-child relationships” (Hansel & Damour, 2008, p.
He at first believed he had discovered a new hormone, but was proved wrong when every irritating substance he injected produced the same symptoms (for example, swelling of the adrenal cortex). This led to what he first called noxious agents, layer coined as 'stress' by Selye. Although Selye's theory is often praised due to it being the first theory to suggest a correlated relationship between stress and the immune system it is often criticised for overemphasising physiological factors and not taking into consideration psychological factors and cognitive factors such as personality which includes a persons capability to withstand certain levels of stress (for example, the type A type B personality theory). the model also implies a passive response to stressors, despite the fact that people react differently to the same stressor and the reaction depends on the individual, the situation and the particular source of stress. Also most of Selye's work was conduced using rats and is very restricted, thus it may not actually apply to other animals such as humans.
Tommy L. Sells hinted about child abuse at a young age. He even stated that when he took the lives of children, he was sparring them the life he endured. However he also said “ the feeling he got the first time he tried drugs, was the same feeling he got when he killed someone for the first time.” Depending on the length of time and what drug he used that would have caused an imbalance in his brain. Drug use, and family dysfunction is a recipe for disaster. There are many links discovered that show a connection between biological factors and criminal tendencies, however, I don’t believe that biological factors alone can cause people to become violent or become criminals.
It’s very confusing because for one the story line starts backwards and shows a scene then it goes back and shows what happened before that lead to the current scene and so on. In my opinion when Leonard says, “We all lie to ourselves to be happy” to me that means like no matter what you believe, “The Truth” will always get triggered and changed depending on the person and their experience and perspective and point of view during that moment. You want yourself to look a certain way and be seen as that particular person so you lie and sometimes you actually start to believe the lie so you start to convince yourself that it’s the actual truth. This movie shows that peoples “truths” are only trying to help themselves or make themselves look like as innocent as possible and to try to convince you that what they’re telling you is actually
REHABILITATION VERSES INCARCERATION Rehabilitation should be viewed as more key than incarceration itself. People who are convicted of crimes should be allowed to heal and better themselves. Many of those people have serious addictions and issues that need to be addressed. In jail however, those issues will only worsen or fester. When the prisoner is released, they may be very angry about the lack of attention they recieved, and become a repeat offender.
Spanking Children Many parents think that spanking is a good way to correct the bad attitudes and bad things that children usually do. Parents usually spank children for these reasons, but parents should know that children can get some different [additional] problems because of spanking. Children can get depression, bad relationships and mental problems. Parents are asking themselves if spanking children is a good way to discipline children or not? Therefore, according to the latest studies of some organizations such as children protection, spanking can create physiological problems such as depression in a child.