The most terrifying movie, I have ever watched is "The Planet of the apes". I think I watched it when I was around 10. This movie has marked me so badly that I have not watched its sequels or its newer versions. One scene, with the gorillas hunting down the new humans is still etched in my mind. And the fallen Statue of Liberty half buried in the sands, represents the destruction of “Liberty, equality and fraternity”. I cannot conceive a world where, we humans, are inferior and at the mercy of other animals or alien creatures. I am sure you agree with me on this point. Yet, if we look around and above ourselves, we allow some humans to treat us as inferiors. And the irony is that we give them the power to do so. For a tiny %, the marriage certificate becomes a license to abuse. For others, the title of parent, gives them the authority to punish at will or in worse cases abuse. Why do we keep silent? Why did I keep silent? …show more content…
From what I heard, he was asking her for the money to pay someone. She kept silent, and he pulled her long hair. She did not cry or ask for help. Her long hair hid her face. I heard the desperation and despair in the young man’s voice but I could not accept his violence. Yet, when I looked around, no one moved to help. It was clearly a domestic incident. I froze for a moment and although I felt indignant, I walked away to search for a policeman (who of course, was nowhere to be found). This incident still disturbs me. Had they been strangers, a man attacking an unknown woman, everyone would have made an effort to save the young woman. Yet, interfering between two people clearly having a domestic fight, is uncomfortable. We do not know if the help is welcome. The young girl could have asked for help. She did not. I don’t know how the incident ended. But, I am haunted by our hesitation and also fear of being attacked by that angry young
Before Kari and her husband knew who took their child the police showed up at their place as said before. He was just angry at what he was just told about his wife. So he raped her. While raping her, he said “this is what you like right. You like when men just take it from you. Go inside of you raw and dry. This s*** feels good to you Kari? That’s not even your name you lied to me. You disgust me. When I get my daughter back you’ll never see her again, you’re pathetic.” Then after that he left her where she was and ignored her for the remainder of time their daughter was gone. This goes back to her trying to get over ever bad thing that happens to her. And out of nowhere her husband, the person that’s supposed to keep her safe and protect her from all evil did the worst thing ever. Something she’s been through multiple of times and never wanted to go through it again. She degraded herself by running from her and past and never looking back. She changed her name out of shame. She didn’t want to be the person she was in the
In the novel “The Natural” written by Bernard Malamud Roy Hobbs is a man that is terrible with making good decisions for himself as well as learning from his mistakes. In the film version of the movie directed by Barry Levinson, the viewer is exposed to a Roy Hobbs that is the exact opposite. Movie Roy shows the viewer how a mature professional baseball player is supposed to handle himself and how to go about life. Overall the two differences in character are very profound and speak volume to the differences that movies and books have. Roy Hobbs is a different character in the book and in the movie and it shows by his decision making, rational responses and how he handles certain situations.
... life. What we are able to do is treat all species with respect and do what we can so that they can thrive in a world that we have altered. We can preserve a species without alienating another. Preserving the Australian fauna at the cost of some feral dogs is the choice we have to make for the good of the biological make up of that region. Dogs themselves won’t go extinct and we’ve also eliminated a threat to other species including ourselves. Species egalitarianism is an easily outmoded form of communicating treatment of species because of all the questions and speculation it ultimately raises. The equivocation of animals is absurd. We can’t compare them because of all their fundamental differences and to do so is insulting to all species that fall below the parameters we instill. Ultimately there is no possible situation in which species egalitarianism is correct.
Whereas Milgram and Hollander try to understand why the neighbor did not call the police. I agree with Milgram and Hollander that you have to take into consideration that the situation was not a very clear and simple decision. It was very hard and something most people would not know how to handle. You have to think about the fact that it was at 3 o’clock in the morning when most people are asleep. You also have to consider the fact that they do not live in a rural area, it is a very busy place Kew Gardens is in the city and so parties and college students walk around after a party. Nevertheless, you have to think about the fact that most of the neighbors have families and by them calling the police they might be placing them in danger, or putting themselves into danger. Milgram and Hollander even gave the example of how one man tried to do the right thing and it resulted in his life being
One might argue that the scariest horror films are those films which horrors portray a sense that something of that nature might actually happen in the real world. The beauty of horror films is that anything could theoretically be possible, like Freddy Krueger sticking his tongue through Nancy’s phone as he says, “I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy” or a horde of zombies stampeding through the cities of the United States wiping out humanity in its path. If one thinks about it long enough, anything we can perceive could happen. However, there is a line between the pure science fiction and those horror films which attempt to tackle a more realistic, social, cultural, psychological, or political problem in society.
Even is she did not say so, the woman did disturb her. What would you do if you saw a bum coming toward you? Would you be one of those people who cross the street to avoid him/her? How about a suspicious looking stranger, would you grab your purse a little tighter or put your wallet in your inside pocket? We all have these thoughts run through our head at on point in time. We may think the world around us is beautiful at first look, but when you take off your "rose colored glasses", it's scary, cold and strange (not full of birds, trees and rivers).
There are many types of violence cases, for example, domestic violence with humans and animals is one. There is a high amount of cases of domestic violence in women, children and also animals. People witness domestic violence, but do nothing to help the victim because they do not know the person so do not want to get involved to help. Bystander feels that if they do something to help this can come back to them so they rather stay away from the problem. Avi Gottlieb a professor of sociology and anthropology at Tel Aviv University states, “Bystanders may feel that their behavior can be discovered subsequently, and that they are yet accountable to other witnesses, the victim, or formal authorities.” Many bystanders are afraid to be identified if they help a victim of a violent crime because they fear that they might come after them. Domestic violence is a big problem that society faces and many witnesses this but do not do anything to help that innocent person or animal due to the fact that we do not see why we should be responsible in helping. “It places a significant economic burden on public services including the criminal justice system, health and social care services. DV constitutes a significant proportion of all violent crime” (Gallagher 55). Domestic violence is said to be a burden of society, we see this everyday but we do not do anything to stop
Like most people in her social sphere, the woman takes for granted the civility and restraints that have kept her, prior to her attack, comfortably exempt from the personal chaos that violence unleashes. All of...
The movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes is an incredible science fiction movie that not only exposes the fault of the human mind, but also demonstrates a completely original structure and a unique point of view on an apocalyptic type film. The movie is based around a young scientist, Will Rodman, whom is in pursuit to find a cure for Alzheimer’s in hopes to cure his very sick father (Charles Rodman). He works in a science lab where their main test subjects are apes. When the initial tests go sour and one ape in the lab lashes out at another scientist causing chaos throughout the entire lab, all but one of the apes were euthanized. The ape that did not get killed was rescued by Will, and named Caesar. Will notices that Caesar is unusually smart, even for an ape, that is when he discovers that the effects of the medicine that was given to Caesar’s mother (ALZ-112) had been passed on to Caesar himself.
This crime took place at different time era, where domestic violence, wasn’t brought to the attention of the courts and the public. In article written by Find law, “Domestic violence became an increasingly popular issue in the 1970s and 1980s. As awareness for violence between intimate partners grew, so did criticism on the manner in which police were responding to the issue. Many believe that police don 't take domestic violence calls seriously because police intervention would be inappropriate in what some may deem a family matter
People are addicted to the synthetic feeling of being terrified. Modern day horror films are very different from the first horror films which date back to the late nineteenth century, but the goal of shocking the audience is still the same. Over the course of its existence, the horror industry has had to innovate new ways to keep its viewers on the edge of their seats. Horror films are frightening films created solely to ignite anxiety and panic within the viewers. Dread and alarm summon deep fears by captivating the audience with a shocking, terrifying, and unpredictable finale that leaves the viewer stunned.
This view, that humans are of special moral status, is constantly attempted to be rationalized in various ways. One such defense is that we are not morally wrong to prioritize our needs before the needs of nonhuman animals for “the members of any species may legitimately give their fellows more weight than they give members of other species (or at least more weight than a neutral view would grant them). Lions, too, if they were moral agents, could not then be criticized for putting other lions first” (Nozick, 79). This argument, that we naturally prefer our own kind, is based on the same fallacy used by racists while defending their intolerant beliefs and therefore should be shown to have no logical merit.
They deliberately yell to her and finally convince her that it is her fault. The poor girl finally breaks down and ‘admits’ that she is to blame. So far we have found two comparisons to rape culture in one scene among many
One of my favorite science fiction movies is The Fourth Kind. I saw this movie the night it came out with my aunt Tabitha and a few of her friends. Generally speaking, most movies that are intended to be scary have no effect on me, however this film had me freaked out and covered in goose bumps the entire time. I absolutely loved the movie when I first saw it, and have watched it several more times since then. One of the reasons why I am so obsessed with The Fourth Kind is because it is my favorite kind of science fiction movie.
When dealing with assaults I learned that no matter how much you agree with a person or want to believe a person that you cant take sides. To me this was one of the major lessons that I learned in this program. We were dispatched to a call at the Caboose for a fight. When we arrived I saw two younger males and an older male fighting. Immediately I thought that the two younger males were drinking and started a fight with this older man who was walking down the street. To my mistake we found out that the two men were helpi...