This loss of privilege still pertains to Britain today and although our prisons provide the incapacitation of offenders, social isolation in Celtic times had similar impact with loss of property, profession, religious rites and confinement to the tribal territory suffering their dishonour within their community. “Righting the wrong” in terms of retribution and restoration are keys principles of justice today as they were for the Celts. Monetary fines were imposed requiring a guarantor of equal or higher social standing. Non-payment of fines today can lead to imprisonment and likewise in Celtic law isolation from the tribe, albeit not in a prison, had comparable effect on the offender. A benefit of such fines was in the compensation of victims, a scheme still employed today through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
This is not a new idea and perhaps a more focused eye should be on this possibility. THE PRISON SYSTEM COST IN AMERICA In America our prison system is divided into three different categories that is local, state, and federal. Each one has their own jurisdiction and of course the federal has the highest right depending on the situation of a case. There is no dispute that our prison system is a necessity for public safety, additionally it punishes and reforms those who break the laws. In the 18th Century to it’s modern depiction, one fact has always been a constant and that is the American taxpayer which has shouldered the responsibility for every aspect of inmate care.
John O’Donohue once said: “To be human is to belong. Belonging is a circle that embraces everything; if we reject it, we damage our nature. Belonging is deep; only in a sense does it refer to our external attachment to people, places and things. It is the living and passionate presence of the soul. When we deny it, we grow cold and empty” The film Strictly Ballroom, which is directed by Baz Lurhmann, demonstrates many aspects of belonging and not belonging including alienation and rejection, which focuses on the two main characters Scott and Fran, and also the conflict of cultures, where two worlds come together and collide.
With Australia having no infrastructure to prepare for the large numbers of non-English speaking migrants, traditional families were being torn apart as they were struggling to adapt and didn’t feel accepted in an alien culture. Alienation of migrants led to violence and crime in a venture to find a new type of belonging due to both parents becoming the breadwinners and not being able to be present for the children. Children were being lost to the street, typically joining gangs to group together to find a new belonging. The ‘5 T’ was a gang meaning ‘young people missing love’ who were looking for a belonging in destructive places and ways. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
He feels alienated, meaningless, and dehumanized. Gregor is not capable of establishing a relationship, he says: “The steady stream of faces never become anything closer than acquaintances” (Kafka 8). Even as a human he feels unable to connect with others. This feeling becomes magnified through his transformation; not only is he emotionally alienated from society, he is also physically isolated in his room. According to Freudian’s theory he displays signs of a core issue referred to as Fear of Intimacy.
Anna Leung 9/21/13 FYS 101-15 Homes Essay The Journey Home Racism in the 1950’s divided America’s people based on race, isolating African American’s from many aspects of society due to their heritage. Racism is portrayed In Home by Toni Morrison, through Frank and Cee’s experiences, and their journeys to return home. Tony Morrison portrays home as a place where one feels the most comfortable, and where one can be at peace with themselves. Much like how traveling or going away from home often causes one to feel exhausted or homesick, Frank and Cee struggle to survive outside of their hometown of Lotus, Georgia amidst their figurative and literal battlefields. The physical and mental wounds the siblings suffer were caused due to the discrimination and attacks against them account of their race.
Those who would disagree with the idea that the panopticon is an ethical form of punishment would argue that it is wrong to leave the prisoners alone. They would have a problem with the permanent solitary confinement. They would argue that the prisoners should be allowed to leave the cell every now and then. They would have a problem with the fact that the prisoners have no privacy because of the constant visibility. They would not like the fact that the prisoners are not allowed to socialize with anyone else because they do not have a chance to make any friends or even help pass the time by just hanging out with someone who is also in their position.
They are more at risk for dependence on drugs and alcohol and contracting any disease and they have no access to medicine, food and warm housing. Homeless individuals have no housing to protect them from physical violence and even rape and that can cause emotional problems and it can lead them to have behavior problems, which they can end up in jail. Also is hard for them to hold a job because they are not getting a good night sleep, no clothes to wear, no food and a place to live. Homelessness has an impact on the community by having to operate and maintain homeless support services programs, the community that complain to the government about homeless and then they adopt stricter laws, some homeless will be forced to find alternate places to live and sleep such as behind buildings, in doorways of businesses and this affect the community. What key policy changes have led to the current Western Australia social housing sector?
Isolation is an extremely harsh and demoralising experience to live through. In the case of homeless people it is an experience they must live with every day of their lives. The concept of isolation can be seen in the text when Link states “Nobody knew I was there”. The use of first person pronouns makes the audience sympathise and personalise with the struggles of isolation Link experiences. The repetition of the word nobody in the statement “Nobody cares, see?
Afrika uses his poem to illustrate the diverse conditions of two social cultures within his society (“but we know where we belong”). John Agard uses a unique structure. He uses the structure of his poem to add dramatic importance to what he says (“explain yuself, wha yu mean, when yu say half-caste”). The first and last stanzas are both three lined and isolated from the poem. This is added to emphasize his isolation in society.