Intra-community Fear in Moon of the Crusted Snow and Bird Box: The Breakdown of Community Abraham Lincoln famously declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand, (Lincoln)” perfectly highlighting the destructive impact that even a slight bit of division has on community unity. Hence, the notion of a community united in perpetuity remains inconceivable, as fear breaks even the tightest bonds. Waubgeshig Rice’s novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, echoes the same sentiments by portraying the critical role that the fear of starvation plays in the division of the tightly-knit Anishinaabe community. Similarly, Susanne Bier’s dystopian horror film, Bird Box, shows how the fear of the unknown creature leads characters to prioritize themselves …show more content…
Upon analyzing fear’s effect on community structure, it is evident that its influence extends beyond just community division. It can also be used as a tool for opportunistic manipulation. As already established, fear splits once strong bonds of unity, creating distrust between citizens and leaders, thus driving the populace to act on their own agendas. Outsiders capitalize on this discord to exert control on citizens for personal gain, further fostering betrayal and deteriorating a community’s sense of solidarity. In Moon of the Crusted Snow, Justin Scott exemplifies the exploitation of fear by distributing alcohol to those who turn to it to cope with the panic, thus gaining influence over them. Scott’s provision of scarce resources during a time of conflict cements his power in the novel: “Somehow Evan, the cigarettes and free-flowing booze would lead back to Scott. Scott hadn’t been in the community long, but rumors had it that he was the man to go to if you’d run out of smoke or alcohol” (Waubgeshig …show more content…
Fish Finger’s actions illustrate how outsiders exploit the characters’ internal fears to manipulate the group for their own agendas. By capitalizing on Charlie’s fear of isolation and longing for familiarity, Fish Fingers effectively erodes the group’s cohesion by spreading even more fear. Overall, this highlights how fear-driven decisions lead to vulnerability to outsiders’ manipulation, weakening the group from within. By comparing this idea to Justin Scott’s exploitation of fear in Moon of the Crusted Snow, it becomes evident that fear is a powerful tool for manipulation that creates more community division. Justin Scott capitalizes on the community division to strip authority away from the band council. While Fish Fingers’ creates more fear within the group by manipulating the characters’ fear of isolation to kill them. In essence, fear not only fractures the bonds of trust within a community, but it also allows outsiders to take advantage of citizens to achieve their underlying goals, further diminishing community
Population control is destroying the world! Ann Aguirre in her dystopian book “Enclave” shows the community as an organism made of four parts which are running it. There are breeders which produce children; they have hunters who hunt for food and the builders who build houses and everything else. Also there is elders who judge and punish people. The people who are sick or disabled are killed as well as their parents. That is because the people are not as intelligent and can’t make the medical help better, the people are very afraid of the elders and can’t have their own thought, and the world is full of creeps witch kill and eat whatever they find. The book Enclave is an example of social commentary, because it talks about Population control, creates awareness, and makes people want to take actions.
When Tub and Frank abandoned their “food chain” structure, nature set itself against the pair until natural order overcame their initial sense of concern. The weather, a symbol of natural forces and the universe at a whole, pits itself against Tub, a symbol of humanity, revealing the theme that the universe is not a conducive environment for order and meaning, but for one of chaos, devoid of intelligent design and structure. Human nature, as “Hunters in the Snow” holds, is vulnerable to the pull of nature itself, and all efforts against the natural flow of human nature will slowly but surely be overridden. Simply put, the theme of ‘hunters in the Snow” is this- natural order reigns supreme and all attempts humankind take to create meaning and order are in vain, for in the end, no man can separate himself from human
In the novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, the exotic sensuality of a Japanese woman, and the frustration of a white man in being prohibited from partaking of her by both his and her societies, are clearly illustrated. The story of a struggle against racism, and an imprisoned culture whose only crime was their face is retold. Yet in the end, one is left to contemplate, “Why do people who have lived together in a community for years suddenly turn against one another”?
Fear is omnipotent. We give power to fear by allowing it to control our thoughts and actions. People act irrationally when intimidated by fear, just as Janet did. Janet’s character development and inner conflict are all masked by fear which contributes wholly to the theme. To give power to fear is to make it stronger, and in the end it is evident that what we should fear the most is right in front of our eyes.
Oppression, as a result, is a tie that binds two very unique novels together, or perhaps, just maybe they are not so different at all. Their parallels can best be analyzed by taking a closer look into the environments, the main characters, and the chilling symbolism present in The Jungle and Things Fall Apart. The environments of both novels stand in stark contrast with each other; one a world of metal and machines, the other a land of straw huts and bare necessities.
These words are central to Farley Mowat’s idea that humans are able to join the world of nature that they were once a part of, but must ultimately return to the radically different world of humans. Firstly, man’s capability to adapt and then exclude themselves from nature is demonstrated in the affiliation of the protagonist with the wolves. Secondly, Ootek’s explanations of his knowledge and past experiences indicate that man is not able to fully adapt into nature as they would be alienated by their own feelings and reactions. Finally, the consequences of a man’s prolonged separation from nature is shown through the symbol of the Eskimos. Farley Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf suggests, through the relationship of the protagonist and the wolves, Ootek’s progression into nature, and the strange, unusual perceptions the symbol of Eskimos portrays towards man, that man has the ability to adapt and become a part of nature, but must eventually revert to the human world.
...the complexities of the work and of the society it details without complete disorder. The plot of this book is structured chaos that allows the reader to directly confront societal mores and the faults of a dystopian society sustained by control, uniformity, sex, and drugs. Through this novel the reader is able to not only denounce supreme government control and see the terrible implications of scientific and technological intervention in the human developmental process, but is able also to identify with the character of John and understand that all emotions are important and fully appreciate the value of meaningful human relationships. The plot develops the theme of dissent form a uniform, controlled, drug and sex fueled society and inspires the lasting message that people must take an active part in the advancement of the world without losing touch of core values.
Once achieved, power has the ability to either improve or corrupt its holder. Ralph, the more noble of the two leaders on the island, is bettered by his position as chief; whereas Jack, the usurper, abuses his power for personal gain. Fear influences human behavior because it holds people back from doing things that they have the potential to do, and it makes people hesitate. Desire for acceptance affects human behavior because people forget to be themselves and sometimes abandon their mortals in order to be accepted. Ralph’s one firm stand throughout the novel is his insistence that they keep the signal fire going. But as order and rules go by the wayside, so does the order within Ralph’s own head. He can remember that he wants a signal fire,
That the planet was covered by glacial ice under long periods during neoproterozoic is today an acceptable but still debated hypothesis, and there is some paper against the snowball earth. According to Allen (2008) there is evidence that indicates some ice-free oceans and thereby contradict that the whole planet was covered by glacial ice.
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it,” said the political activist Aung Sang Suu Kyi in her “Freedom from Fear” speech. Power and fear are tools that corrupt those affected by them, either by using them or being used by them. This ideal has been repeated time and time again in literature as well as in current global situations. Conversely, there are also those who repeatedly move against the current of harsh, imposing leaders and make grand acts of heroism, avoiding the corrupted scourge of the powerful. Examples of this mixed concept can be found in The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, “Unchained Memories,” and in modern-day happenings such as the crisis in Darfur.
When you have fear building up inside of you, people start fighting their way out of areas. Sometimes these children couldn’t realize what was real and what is nonexistent, because of that fear it causes them to go mad. A good instance is the quote “They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.” (Pg. 184)The boys in Jack’s clan are starting to become scared with fear and start hiding their identities from the “Beast”. They know if you can’t be recognized, you will be more powerful, to the point where they raid for Piggy’s glasses for a fire and kill him because of their identities are gone. This illustration with fear makes everything gets worst, everybody is losing who they really are and what they want to be, therefore hiding yourself can change you to the point you will unleash the
Ingroup as Marty Huggins and his folowers and Cam Brady as the outgroup this sceen shows us jsut how S.I.T works. Marty (ingroup) was making Cam (outgroup) look bad for self gain. An ensample would be when Cam says “I am an american as well” making himself look good as if to say he is dominate as being an american and marty is lesser then him. When Marty said something ngative like saying Cam was a comuniest the crowed cheered or boooed based and the group they wanted to win. When Cam Responds he denies it by expaining it as if it was really a childs book by saying it was about a bear givein g gold to a lepercon. This shows how Marty is making negative statement about Cam and how Cam reacts by defening himself in order to make his group (Cam Folowers) still look good and show he is inocent. By Cam’s advisor staing “thats right” and claping he is showing sorport to hsi ingroup(Cam brady). Cam and Marty makeing the crowed go to a point where there violence between the groups. The Fighting is a non verbal comunication of anger toward the other group. basicly trying to show witch one is better by fighting it out. It also my be sceen as a faces aving attempt torewars teh group so t looks like there canidate won the debate. When Cam and Marty brawl Cam’s Advisor says “no no no no no!!” tryign not to provoke more negativeity to the group. By hitting the puppy it
Fear, provoked by a perceived threat, induces emotional and behavioral responses. Often, such responses are performed with the motive to protect oneself and eliminate the fear-causing stimulus. Fear is a powerful motive for conflict and leads to divisions and conflict between the intimidating “alien” and the common human; the aliens in Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Jerome Bixby’s “It’s a Good Life,” and Stephen King’s “The Man in the Black Suit” initiate fear and conflict in the humans by way of the manipulation of elements of nature which stimulates the fright of losing their natural world.
Niccolo Machiavelli said, “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” Leaders make people do unthinkable things through using fear, like Hitler having his army kill millions of Jewish people or Isis murdering innocent people. Both of these examples demonstrate the quote by Niccolo Machiavelli because people fear for their lives if they defy their leader. In Lord of the Flies there is a group of boys who are stuck on an island and they must learn to deal with fear otherwise they won’t survive. In his novel Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses Jack beating kids for no reason, Ralph telling the littluns they won’t be rescued without a fire, and Jack saying he could protect his tribe from the beast to represent that
They say people are happier when they give into a groups values. While this may be true in some instances, most times conformity leads to people's views being repressed. Conformity makes the worst of a group come out. In Monsters Due on Maple Street, there was a bad situation with all the power going out. The “mob” of the neighborhood was looking for someone to blame. They came together and things got violent. The men of the mob went over to the new neighbors house. When they came back one of the women said, “You killed him, Charlie. You shot him dead”(Monsters, act 2). The “mob mentality” got to his head. Charlie thought the new neighbor was to blame for the power outage. This shows how people conforming to a group without knowing what they are getting into can influence thinking. The thinking of the individuals was tainted by being in a group, demonstrating the effects of