The videos showed me that these serial killers have no structure in their personality; they are all over the place, constantly changing their emotions and feelings. Also, none of them are honest, and it is impossible to learn the truth from any of them. It also seems like they are addicted to killing. They aren’t just killing out of revenge or for any reason at all; it is a habit that they cannot
Dicky attempts a comeback but unfortunately fails because of his drug addiction. He tries to prevent his habit and all of the crimes he commits because of it throughout the documentary. Unfortunately this once proud boxer cannot stay clean when he attempts to. He is arrested on multiple occasions for violent behavior. He always talks about how he could have been a legitimate contender in the sport of boxing if he continued to train and stayed clean.
In Mikal Gilmore’s personal narrative “My Brother, Gary Gilmore,” he describes his two brothers and father as the “teenage rebellion of the fifties” (1) for the fact that they each looked “for a forbidden life” (2). It was a life where they just did what they wanted to do without anyone stopping them. For example, “They would smoke cigarettes, drink booze and cough syrup, skip and ditch class” and sometimes “take part in gang rumbles” (2). The Gilmore Family has no authority and rules made for them to follow. They live in a life of unstructured hierarchy in the sense that no one in the Gilmore family has total power to control the actions of those committing crimes, which helps us understand why the Gilmore brothers and even the father choose to be living a forbidden life.
Brian had no permanent home and no stable job to support himself. He had sex with people he did not know and did drugs at the same time. He stated that, “My life has been out of control and it hasn't been in control for a while.” Factors that might have triggered Brian's addiction could include the lack of success in his life and low self esteem. In the article I read about drug addiction it said that recent studies have shown methamphetamine abuses have shown that they perform poorly on decision making tasks that involve regions of the frontal cortex (Cobb, 2009). This explanation can be a possible trigger to his addiction to sex and his lack of decision making in terms of putting himself in danger for many risk for infections.
Najaf gives an example of the conflict existing in the camp, “The husband can’t make the authorities hurry… So he gets into a bad mood, and maybe there’s a fight, maybe somebody hits somebody else with a weapon, a piece of wood, something like that.” This attitude can also be reflected in the riots that broke out in the Villawood detention centre in 2011, where detainees performed acts of self harm and caused destruction and chaos amongst the whole camp. Those individuals were unable to come to terms with their current situation and overcome their hardship like Najaf had; instead they had let their weaknesses bring them down and prevented themselves from overcoming a problem in a constructive
They say that rumors spread through town in the time it takes for the truth to our on its jacket. In today’s society the damaged will often prey on the strong, confident and successful in an effort to level the playing field. Add illicit narcotics into the mix and you have bullies who can become so egotistical they will believe their own lies. Often thought of as something that only effects youth, bullying has become something that can happen to anyone at any time. In recent times there have been reports of people being bullied so bad, they have taken their own lives to escape from the constant torment.
Both Amanda Todd and Tyler Clementi and many more were the victims of cruel, heartless people called bullies. They were bullied to death, and didn't get the chance to live and enjoy life like normal people or in this case normal teenagers. They lost hope in living, their friends gave up on them, people started
It was very frustrating, I felt everyone was watching me all the time even though I knew that no one did. One of my friends who was an alcoholic lost all of his friends due to this. At first his friends wanted to help him but he would refuse and so they gave up on him because they thought there was no hope. If you decide to start drinking heavily or doing drugs you have to realize that everything will change and nothing will ever be the same. It is sad how a small thing can change your entire life.
Others join armed groups out of desperation. Child Soldiers are not morally responsible for the acts they commit during wars because they are drugged up, are given no choice, and brainwashed. First, child soldiers are so drugged up on weed and cocaine that they have no real understanding of what they are really doing. According to Institute for War and Peace Reporting, “Child soldiers are drugged by militia leaders. They become violent and addicted...” The fact that children under the age of 20 are being forced to take hard core
Being part of a gang didn’t make Andy cool or masculine at all. It made Andy look scared and think if he were part of a group, he wouldn’t be good enough as an individual. Second, it is dangerous being part a gang. Andy was going to die because a rival gang member from the “Guardians” stabbed him. This didn’t make him a hero.