Capote has included the details of Perry’s unfortunate background after the murder of the Clutter family occurs in order to redeem Perry and provide an insightful explanation as to the creation of Perry’s criminal tendencies. If Capote were to tell the story in chronological order by stating Perry’s childhood before the events leading up to the murders, then many readers would be more inclined to judge Perry solely on his murderous and barbaric nature, like the judgements perceived by the citizens of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote endorses the notion that there are strong environmental, social, emotional and psychological
You can take my word for it’’ has a huge impact on regarding towards Torrez personality. This ending can be represented in two different ways the first one and the most accurate one is that Torrez did all of that just to leave the narrator living on terror and kill him sooner or later which just proves how sadist and psychopath he is. He could also be proving the fact, that he knew the narrator wasn’t going to be brave enough to kill him, to his peers. The whole plot of the story changes by the ending of the story, Torrez was planning everything ever since the beginning and he just wanted to prove to him that he is better than the rest. On the other hand the ending can also represent as in that Torrez did have a heart but had to do what his job demands to.
He was also missing a role model to help him form a positive self image. For Smith, becoming a vengeful killer was a result of the problems he failed to resolve throughout his entire life. Beginning with acts of killing and kidnapping created a vessel to channel his repressed anger. These actions also gave his live a meaningful yet misguided life purpose. Finally, by adopting the identity of an Indian avenger he felt connected to the Native American culture as his killing and kidnapping acts included objects and rituals associated with tribal traditions.
How Beah develops his written characters allows the reader to see clear images of the changes that they have gone through via the war experience. Once a innocent boy who enjoyed life by playing games and listening to music but, when the war happened he had to eliminate his innocence and shift his views in order to survive. These kinds of situations of war led him from innocence to a reality shift and an experience of war where he is a completely a different person. For example he goes from "Often, my shadow would scare me and cause me to run for miles. Everything felt awkwardly brutal.
If Sigmund Freud were to witness the crimes that Jeffrey Dahmer committed, he would come to the conclusion that Dahmer's id was unusually strong. He might even say that Dahmer’s id was so strong that it completely overpowered his superego, which was either weak or not fully developed, and lost his ability to decide right from wrong to his radical sexual urges. The first defense mechanism that Dahmer used to ease his anxieties was repression, which is keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious. When Dahmer moved to three different houses in his childhood, he suppressed his bitter emotions and went from an outgoing, exuberant child to a shy, quiet, and socially awkward child, only playing with his dog who was his best friend. The second defense mechanism that Dahmer used to ease his anxieties was sublimation, which is working off unmet desires, or unacceptable impulses, in activities that are socially approved.
“’Tam Lin did what he wanted to do,’ Celia said. ’He was guilty of a terrible crime when he was young, and he could never forgive himself for it. He believed this last act would make up for everything”(377). This shows that Tam Lin has human qualities because like most of us in the real world he has both good and bad features. In conclusion I think Tam Lin is a round character because of his dark side and good side and what he does to try to fix it.
LaTaysha Ruffin Professor Tarpley English 104-534 December 2, 2011 Is It Right: The Innocent Being Wrongfully Accused, Convicted, and Sentenced to Death The Todd Willingham execution brings about the arguments of the death penalty and how it should only be used after all their concrete evidence has legitimately proven someone guilty and is under extreme circumstances. Without these evidences, people can be wrongly convicted. Todd Willingham, a husband and a father of three children all under the age of four, was convicted of and charged with the crime of murder of his 3 young children in the year of 1991. It was stated that Willingham committed a case of arson by burning down of his home where they lived in Corsicana, Texas. Willingham was taken to court and pleaded not guilty.
He also thought he had to fight to survive but at the same time he had not idea what was going to happen. He was fueled by alcohol, depression and anger and murders them when they're vulnerable. What other option did he have other than never going out and going insane in his own home? From the infected’s point of view, he was a threat to the new way, and since he couldn't be rehabilitated, he had to be dealt with another way. He was also the lone 'gunman' in the new society.
But in this section we see a first hand look at the reasons for why Claudius may have commit the murder. I could just say he wanted to be king so got rid of his brother. To the general interpretation that is correct. When you look past that general and basic thinking and analyze more. Claudius openly admits to the sin he has committed “of those effects for which I did the murder” but also says that his fault has passed.
It is expected that the murderer be sent to jail as payback for taking the victim’s life, but the justifiable punishment would be to sentence them to death just as they took the life of an innocent person. Many years ago, criminals had to accept the consequences for their crimes because their freedom to live with society was taken away due to their actions.