Examples Of Mastery Of Being In A Mob

Ida B. Wells once said, “The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.” Being a part of a mob brings out the worst acts in all humanity. In a mob, people are pushed way beyond their limits because they feel less known. In a mob, many may commit crimes that they never would have done solo. That is the mastery of being in a mob. The acts of the people in an male Afghan mob are very similar to the quote by Ida B. Wells. Back in March 2015, a mob of Afghan men lynched a mentally-ill-woman who had supposedly burned part of the Koran (also spelled Quran). The brutal response and acts of the mob of Afghan men to the woman are similar to the

The holy book of all Islamic states is the Koran(also spelled Quran). On Thursday, March 13, 2015, a 27 year old Afghan woman had been caught supposedly burning part of the Koran(also spelled Quran). (Robinson). Later, she is captured and lynched by a mob of Afghan men. The scene occurred in Kabul, a city close to the capital of Afghanistan. (Botelho, Popalzai, and Whiteman). The poor woman was kicked, punched, and stoned by the mob, whom later burn her near a river. The irascible Afghan men reacted so quickly, they did not even try to understand the scenario before they started to lynch the 27 year old woman. (Robinson). With many citizens on the streets that influenced each other to commit crime at extremes, this is an example of mob mentality. According to her parents, the 27 year old woman has, “... suffered from mental health problems for the last 16 years.” (Botelho and Popalzai). Later on, the scenes were investigated by a mullah. the results were that the 27 year old woman, Farkhunda, had been wrongly accused of burning the Koran(also spelled Quran). According to one of the witnesses who tried to help the woman, “‘We were asking the people to stop beating her and let us ask what religion she belongs to, but the people didn't listen to us and kept beating her.’” (King and Popalzai). The investigations prove that Farkhunda had been wrongly accused and died a pitiful death. Her pitiful death was similar to the pitiful death

This example proves the theory that mobs will cause for various crimes to be committed and will push people beyond their extremes. Like Farkhunda, Piggy was clueless of the harm that was going to befall him, and he had died a tragic and pitiful death. Simon, Piggy, and Farkhunda had all died due to crimes that were results of mobs. As the examples show, chaos within mobs can cause for harm and deaths. Golding’s allegory has many parallels to the scenario of Farkhunda’s scenario. Both are scenarios that involve harm that originates from mobs. In Lord of the Flies, many scenarios that occur among the group of young boys still occur in modern-day with mobs and mob mentality. Golding’s society is fairly accurate if characters such as Jack are present in the scenario. People like Jack have some evil in their hearts and often lead mobs. As stated by Timothy Thomas Fortune, “Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.” The “core” in Fortune’s quote refers to the people whom are like the malevolent character, Jack. Golding expresses that his thought with mobs is that most are being lead by people who are malevolent, evil and irascible, and these individuals in the mobs can cause for serious crimes that occur due to people being on their