How has society impacted members of society? Society has been a major part of our civilisation from as long as we can remember. It has s been placed to keep us humans in check to insure we remain civil and live in harmony with other members, yet the norms of society have been constantly changed over the centuries in order to keep up with the changing generations over the years, with a new set of regulations to follow. It's one of our basic instincts to be wanted and to fit in with the mob and because of this we all tend to follow these rules, this is known as mob mentality where the term describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviours/ follow trends, for most of the times the changes made to society have benefited …show more content…
mankind but many times it had put many regulations on particular groups, in today's world society has been changed to be equal to everyone yet in some parts of our world society still places harsh regulations, so what I want to know is how has society impacted individuals and groups of people all over the world, and whether the rules are still applied in today's world. My four chosen texts a novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the Fat boy a short story by Owen Marshall, The Kite Runner a novel by Khaled Hosseini and a film Into the Wild by Sean Penn all show how norms of society impact individuals.
The Fat Boy written by Owen Marshall is a short story that highlights the mob mentality of the community and shows how society in this text negatively influences people. The plot of the text is that the townsfolk bring into being a fictional personality ‘The Fat Boy”, whom they use as a scapegoat for their crimes. Despite Knowing the truth the townsfolk blindly follow the mob. Eventually the fat boy becomes a presence that reminds the townsfolk of their conscience therefore get rid of the fat boy thus their conscience, therefore also shows how loss of conscience affects the community. Through the text Marshall reveals to the audience the tribal nature of small towns behaviour/‘mob-mentality’ which is shown …show more content…
right from the beginning where The Fat Boy is first scapegoated for thievery followed by arson, murder, domestic violence, and rape this clearly shows twisted equality as the townsfolk are slavishly following each other in the crimes, it is the mentality of he did it so why can’t I and the fact that no one in the town is speaking for what is right shows that the townsfolk have all lost their conscience and have turned a blind eye to the crimes happening in the town which shows how society has influenced members of the community negatively. In the text we realise The Fat Boy is not real is by the way the people describe him “The Fat Boy watched the passers-by with the frog like, faintly enquiring look that the faces of fat boys have. The Fat Boy’s hair was amazingly fair and straight; it shone with nourishment; it was straight and oddly medieval” this makes The Fat Boy appear out of place and makes us doubt his existence along with the fact that there was no one particular description of the boy when asked by members of the town.
The Fat Boy is repeatedly described in negative adjectives by the townsfolk such as evil, sly, malevolent, from this it is clear that The Fat Boy is an undesirable presence and through this the townsfolk are trying to demonise him, however in reality Marshall is describing the townsfolk as The Fat Boy symbolizes their conscience. an example of society influencing members negatively is Mrs Lammerton from the text who supports her husband in trail by using the Fat boy as an excuse even though he beats her, what is twisted here is everyone in the community knows the truth yet no one is ready to support her which means that the townsfolk are encouraging crime as they are allowing crimes to be committed with no consequences attached to it. Another example is when the fat boy is scapegoated for rape “The Fat Boy was seen at the IHC centre the day before Melanie Lamb was found to be pregnant...The music teacher who lived next door to the Lambs thought it a very significant recollection...It was a terrible thing the music teacher said to think that The Fat Boy could take advantage of Melanie's handicap, even if she was physically advanced.” This clearly shows that all the
townspeople have lost all morals and ethics, as they have stooped so low that they even turn a blind eye when a handicapped girl is raped. This clearly demonstrates how society and mob mentality have affected the victims negatively as no members are ready to support them which clearly shows the townsfolk lack of conscience. The author also writes “The Fat Boy stood before the railings and held one of the iron bars like a staff. The children smiled at him as he watched, and were content in his presence, but the supervisors saw him there and remembered when the doctor said that Melanie was pregnant” This shows that the children are innocent and they have not yet lost their conscience, as they can still see right through wrong, while the adults are angered by the Fat boys presence as he symbolises their conscience and reminds them of their wrongdoings, therefore when they got rid of the fat boy they get rid of their conscience too, but it is evident crimes will continue to be committed in the community now without the fat boy as facade which shows how some societies impact individuals negatively, which ,highlights the destined destruction of the community. Through the text Marshall revealed to the audience the tribal nature of small towns behaviour and how mixed with loss of conscience it can can cause the downfall of a community, and even the wider world.
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