What is evil here is the fact that the person who was robbing the store, had it in his guts to steal from someone else for personal gain and nothing more. What is the point of stealing something from someone else? The respect and honesty issue come into play here as well. The robber would be viewed as someone with little respect, not to mention the fact that he was willing to take from someone else only for the benefit of himself. The robber, in this case, made the decision to commit this crime, and upon getting caught, or being seen, must suffer the consequences of being deemed evil, because someone who is out for the greater good of people and society as a whole, wouldn’t be stealing anything from anyone for personal gains.
There is a saying, “Money is the root of all evil.” This is true if the money is obtained through ill-gotten ways. What happened to Tom Walker is symbolic of what can happen to any human consumed by greed. He or she will lose their soul to the obsession. There were many important themes present in this story that relate to choices we make and the consequences that comes with it. Money and material things do not truly satisfy a person's life or make a person happy.
Lastly, the Charles Manmosn case was a situation of injustice because it make other criminals think that they can get away with doing wrong things without getting proper punishment. The phrase monkey see monkey do comes into play her. This case definitely proposes adomino effect that could hender our future to a dangerous demise. To some up the aforementioned points, the case of Charles Manson was a situation of injustice. It was injustice beacause it was a horrible event, he didn’t get what he deserved, and it allows others to get away with the idea of doing wrong without being fully punished.
Cloward and Ohlin argue, that the majority of criminals involved in the drugs trade were unable to succeed within capitalism and were driven to an illegitimate means of obtaining wealth. Cloward and Ohlin further argued that as people were driven into this illegitimate structure they tended to join existing deviant subcultures i.e. the drug subculture as in the case of the drugs trade. The theory does well to explain many crimes of the working class as they are unable to succeed in a society driven by middle class values, however Cloward and Ohlin’s subcultural theory fails to explain the crimes of the powerful whom already have achieved economic wealth through legitimate means. Furthermore the theory
The sole purpose of ripping people off for their money by taking advantage of their poor economic status is immoral. This drives Rodion to develop a deep hatred for Alyona. In part I page seventy six; it provides details about the criminal hesitating with time and fear. This only proves one
Landon shows disrespect towards his Principle through his body language and tone of voice, instead of sitting up politely, he slouches and talks back. Not only does Landon not care about authority he consistently rebels against societal norms such as: caring, having morals, having a sense of self and having a conscience. Landon displays these abnormalities by not standing up to his friends when they made fun of Jamie for talking to Landon, by not feeling nearly enough sympathy for the boy who got hurt even though it was Landon who pushed him. Landon displays a lack of morals by drinking and driving. One of the reasons to Landon’s misconduct is that he completely and utterly disrespects and loathes his Father figure.
He quickly learns that the city that never sleeps isn’t exactly the friendliest place, but more a malicious and menacing place. It is a place where people cheat and steal, and don’t have a care in the world if they did. For example, on page 146, Dom says, “We got cheated”, in which Gaetono replays, “and we’ll get cheated again, thats how it works”. When Gaetono said getting cheated is how it works, he is referring to how mean, and cruel the city can be, that things happen, and there no real way to retaliate, you just have to let it go. Another example of physical challenges would have to be the lack of respect Dom, Gaetono, and Tin Pan Alley have in New York.
Litter skinner name of smitty took after the nigger…” (Steinbeck 20). This shows that Crooks does not usually share in their leisure activities. In addition, he refered to him as ‘nigger’.This peoves Crooks is discriminated against by other people. Finally, Crooks want to help Slime to put tar on hourse’s foot. But Slim come do it himself.
The central theme of justice is questioned through the actions of the lynching mob and is portrayed as ineffective because it overlooks important facts and evidence, proving that fair trial is necessary for proper justice. Farnley and Bartlett represent vigilante justice because they are known as ones who do not think;
He relies on the law to lock away the victims even when his intelligence tells otherwise. He simply doesn’t have enough faith in the capabilities of the protectors of law in keeping his city safe. His playboy image is a thin disguise which hides a deep personal tragedy. He often forces himself to non-violence (as in non-killing). If he was a terminator there would be no recurring series of Joker / Two-face / Riddler.