The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend Parris) regarded them as young adults, an until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at their sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak,” (Miller 3). Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come.
Applicable Theories of Criminal Behavior Social Risk Factors: He didn’t always live in poverty, but once his family wasn’t there he was in poverty. He also received rejection by his peers, when they often teased him because of his deformity. Parental and Family Risk Factors: His mother used a very authoritarian style to shape and control her sons. This caused irreparable damage to Gein throughout growing up. His mothers parental monitoring was too much, she never let Ed do anything and always kept him hidden.
Thrust into the real world with our confidence almost permanently shattered, we are expected to be successful and important when prior to that we were always told the opposite. Bullying harms us not only in our youth, but for the rest of our lives. In the poem “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan, we hear the story of children who have faced the effects of being bullied. A little girl for something as foolish as a birthmark on her face and a boy for thinking pork chops and karate chops were the same. Age did not change the words that cut through that poor little girl.
See Scout always could see the upset look on May Ella face during the trial and so could Atticus that’s why he still felt pity on her even though she lied on Tom. It was as though she never really wanted to lie on Tom she just did because her father made her. She knew that all the things that she said Tom was doing to her, her father did them on the daily basics. Again this is another situation that Scout had to deal with and learn that she never really knew what she was going through until she walked in her shoes. Last but not least Boo Radley was another character from to kill a bird that helped Scout learn her lesson.
Society has become such a cesspool for violence, it’s a no brainer that there is enforcement all over the place making sure that young adults obey the law. It is unfortunate that it had to get this far, but who is to blame for the violence in schools? In the past two decades, our collective attitude toward children and youth has undergone a profound change that’s reflected in the educational and criminal justice systems as well as in our daily discourse. (Fuentes, 610) The crackdown on youth has had no control over the subsequent events. Assured, you can lock a child up for violence and take him off the streets, but then that just causes a domino effect.
Stories like this do cause people to think the worst. How many grownups have read this story to their child and thought we will never enter the Pilsen area. How many people meet people from the Pilsen area and either felt sorry for them for being from there or automatically had a negative opinion due to stories like this? I read the story which included so much more than these two lines that if I wasn’t looking for it probably would have not even noticed any derogatory statement, but then again I am not from the Pilsen area. I do applaud the Pilsen community for being active in the fight against racism, but was this the best fight they could
People are afraid of “… the sickness they may carry, the adolescents that they will soon become…” as if these children have chosen to become a piece of unsanitary furniture that gets passed along. No child chooses a lifestyle of disappointment and heartache; the least they deserve is to be treated like any other kid. People are automatically setting these children up for failure by labeling them and assuming that they will grow up delinquents. The opening paragraph of Kozol’s essay certainly caught my attention and remained in my mind as I was reading. It introduced a man by the name of Richard Lazarus and how in a matter of a month he lost everything; his family and his job.
Stereotypes are really learned from everywhere: from our parents, the media, at school, on the street, even around our family. As a kid, we grow up, hearing our parents saying, “Don’t talk to strangers” “Stay away from him. He’s bad news” and without us even knowing, we are programmed to judge certain people by nothing but their appearance. We don’t care if they have an outstanding personality, came from a very well-respected family or secretly struggling through personal matters. If we see someone or people who don’t exactly fit the images we as a people thinks they should, we are quick to criticism.
There are so many people that haven’t heard Malcolm X story because they rather not read. The thing that they don’t know is Malcolm X can change your mind about things that you never even thought of. Yes I would recommend this reading to a friend or relative because it gave your insight on the things that Malcolm X went through while he was in prison. Also Malcolm X tells you how no matter where you are in life or what position you are in there always better for you because he was in one of the worst situation a person can be in. In the reading Malcolm X states “Many who today hear me somewhere in person, or on television, or those whose red something I’ve said, will think I went to school far beyond the eighth grade.
Child welfare law make itself be known threw out the public. You see I was the type that was afraid of my abuser so I never told until I got old enough till I knew even if he wanted to he couldn’t hurt me anymore. I feel like there are a lot of children out there like myself that’s why I wouldn’t mind being a speaker for kids in this situation that are waiting to be grown to fight back. I want them to know that child welfare is here to protect and serve people like us. I know how it feels to be beaten I would let them know that child welfare is a law that can