Essay On Becoming A Hit Man

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Research Question The article written by Ken Levi Becoming a Hit Man, Focuses on the variety of methods professional killers (also known as the hit men) neutralize the stigma in the beginning portion of their career. Mr. Levi is interested in how these “professionals” detach themselves or self-images from the shame of their work. According to the article “with very little outside help, he must negate his feelings, neutralize them, and adopt a framework according to his chosen career”. The article goes on to state that this process is known as “reframing” or altering the mind via justifications that allow one to act on a type of distant possibility as a near possibility such as murder. II. Theoretical Perspective Exchange Theory The exchange theory associates decisions made in context with the rewards given. In the article…show more content…
Why is this? Hit men take great consideration to concealing their identity. Human nature indicates that the cold heart of the hit man may be less a characteristic of the killer’s individual personality, than a feature of the professional framework of experience which the hit man has learned to adapt himself to, when he is on the job. Most hit men do not kill people just because they want to, or take pleasure in doing so. Many like Pete see it as a “just a job” or “just money” making it possible to view them more in human terms than monsters and it is less threatening to look upon them as persons once again. The hit man’s reputation for profit and skill provides the hit man with opportunities for denying the victim, denying injury, and denying responsibility. To point out the defenses of the professional hit man is one thing but it is unlikely that the novice hit man would have a totally profession attitude so early in his career. The novice is at a point where he both lacks the conventional defense against the stigma of murder, and he has not yet fully acquired the exceptional defense of the
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