At times I find myself over thinking situations that leave me in a crippled state of mind. I feel that by me over thinking constantly about problems in my life, for long periods of time, just make me end up complicating things even more. Overthinking could lead me into turning a simple thing into a more problematic and perplex topic, and I feel that the little girl in the story "The Verb To Kill," did the same exact thing as I usually do. Can over thing be so dangerous that it can determine how we act out our lives? Well based on the story, I think I can make a huge assumption to my opinion that, yes it can. But really why is it? And will it be the destruction of man kind and the society? But before I get into that, I noticed and realized
In the article "Ten Ways We Get the Odds Wrong", author Maia Szalavitz emphasizes "why worrying about risk is itself risky" (255). While behaving riskily can lead to bad outcomes, having anxiety, being worried, or being afraid of the outcome of some risks can be dangerous to your body both physically and mentally. According to Szalavitz, fear can be one of the scariest things out there. Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the "only thing to fear is fear itself" (FDR's first inaugural address). Both of these sources let the reader know that fear can affect their body's physical and mental well-being. I can attest to this being true through multiple personal experiences.
60 seconds can haunt someone for life. Personally, I wish I could turn back the clock to that year, month, day and those 60 seconds, and live them completely differently. If I was able to do that, I would not be stuck at the bottom of the staircase. Regret does not move forward like the hands on a clock. Every unsure second lived will cause me to do something I later wish I could take back. Regret makes it hard to live life peacefully; life would be a lot easier if humans helped each other out, because if we did, we would not have a many regrets It makes me extremely uncomfortable when I am full of uncertainty because it makes me do things I later regret. I also over think and debate with myself over, and over, about the decision or action
“Killings", written by Andre Dubus in 1979, involves several aspects such as revenge, morality, and murder. Elements, such as the story’s title, the order of events, and the development of the characters, are very unique. It successfully evokes emotion and suspense as the plot unfolds in sequence. Though it seems easily overlooked, the title “Killings” is very important due to the fact that the thrill of suspense is left in the mind of the reader. The title encourages readers to question who and what. It is also an intricate setting for the plot’s mood. It implies that a murder has taken place, but that is all the reader knows. The chronology of the story uses a style called "in media res”, a term used to describe the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action or entering on the verge of some important moment (Meyer 2198). In this story, the readers are shown that murder not only takes a life, but it can also take away a living persons sense of self worth, their spirit.
The death penalty in American society using the deontological and teleological argument is in the deontological perspective, believes that the death penalty is a morally appropriate punishment and also views capital punishment as being immoral. In deontological argument, it will place moral emphasis on the intentions of his or her actions. The deontological ethics does not focus on the actual consequences. A deontological defense of punishment is likely to be a retributive justification. According to Kant, he believes in the retributive punishment, which is known as the idea of “an eye for an eye”, meaning the law says that we should punish someone not because what they did was wrong, but to just punish them for the sake of punishing.
The "Killings" is a short story written by Andre Dubus. Andre Dubus' short stories often portray tragedies, violence, anger and even tenderness. Throughout the story, Matt’s language constantly displays his deep affection for his family. After the death and funeral of his son Frank, his other two children quickly move back to their normal lives which displays that Frank was the only family nearby. His morals become quickly altered through the cold-blooded murder of his son and end with the act of murder.
The world around us can be very strange at times. From space it resembles a nice round blueberry perfectly happy and content with itself without a care in the universe. But, if you take a closer look you will see poverty, famine, war, and peace all set atop one big huge chunk of liquid hot magma floating around, spinning endlessly in space. It could be said that the world is a very uncontrollable and unstable place. The word "Unstable" by definition means readily changing, lacking effective emotional control. In the book "The Catcher in the Rye" there is a boy named Holden Caulfield, who also lacks effective emotional control. The center of all this madness is in his mind. Holden is mentally unstable and unsuitable for a normal life because he is suicidal, a liar, and a hypocrite.
Emotions get the best of everyone in stressful situations, but what about those without any emotions to spare? The media glamorizes murders and serial killers by making them the spotlight of movies, shows and novels. What readers and viewers often forget is that these people are real and have resided on the same street that their kids ride bikes on. The people that commit these horrendous crimes are often known as sociopaths. Not all sociopaths become serial killers, but the combination of abusive childhood, environment and genetic influences pushes them to repeatedly kill and take innocent lives.
Margie Warrell explains how as a culture we don’t take enough risks. We do this because our modus operandi is to catastrophize and predict things will go wrong even though we often overestimate the risks. She also states that we expect things to be worse than they would be if they do turn out badly because our brains are wired to do so. Often we are pessimistic of our own abilities and so we expect we will be unable to cope with the consequences, thus we try to avoid risk so we don’t have to worry about needing to fix things in the aftermath. While overplaying the risks of doing something we downplay the risks of following the status quo—we try to persuade ourselves that it is better than taking the risk even if the status quo is sub-par.
In the Time article, “The Death of the Death Penalty”, David Von Drehle addresses the controversial issue of the death penalty. The death penalty in the United States is a declining and flawed method of punishment. The problem of the American death penalty is still an issue in this day and age. Von Drehle compresses the flaws of the death penalty into five simple reasons.
The major theme of Andre Dubus’ Killing,s is how far someone would go for the person they love. It is important to note the title of the story is killings and not killers, for the reasoning that the story does not just focus on two deaths or two murderers but rather the death of marriage, friendship, youth, and overall, trust.
The article about the Chinese farmer by Evelyn Theiss is deep and very thoughtful. It actually touches a part of the way I think. Life is full of events, some of them might be good and others might be bad, and the way the person thinks affects how he/she sees these events. Personally, I don’t prefer negativity because it would always make things worse. On the other hand, I don’t like being positive too much because I would be so depressed if things didn’t work out the way I thought it would. Living life with balancing both sides is the best, in my opinion, and that Chinese farmer did exactly what the best (2009). I always believe that anything would happen to us is for a cause, even if it’s bad, we could learn from it.
Jim in “Breaking Through Uncertainty—Welcoming Adversity” faces the fear of death. First, “I was confronted with a life-threatening situation” (Paragraph 3). Jim is thinking negative and there is no backing down. This shows he has overconfident in him because it interferes with the ability to make correct decision. Secondly, “Having
Americans have argued over the death penalty since the early days of our country. In the United States only 38 states have capital punishment statutes. As of year ended in 1999, in Texas, the state had executed 496 prisoners since 1930. The laws in the United States have change drastically in regards to capital punishment. An example of this would be the years from 1968 to 1977 due to the nearly 10 year moratorium. During those years, the Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment violated the Eight Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. However, this ended in 1976, when the Supreme Court reversed the ruling. They stated that the punishment of sentencing one to death does not perpetually infringe the Constitution. Richard Nixon said, “Contrary to the views of some social theorists, I am convinced that the death penalty can be an effective deterrent against specific crimes.”1 Whether the case be morally, monetarily, or just pure disagreement, citizens have argued the benefits of capital punishment. While we may all want murders off the street, the problem we come to face is that is capital punishment being used for vengeance or as a deterrent.
Sufferers of OCD have a tendency to have thoughts that they might cause others harm. Victor displays this behavior after the death of his brother when he is considering who could possibly have murdered him, “Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life; and was this his first crime? Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother?” (Shelley 63) Victor sees his monster as sort of an extension of himself, as it is his creation and thus feels responsible for his brothers death and feels he could cause more harm to his friends and family by allowing his creation to continue to run amok. Another symptom of OCD that victor shows is his aggressive impulses. When the monster comes to check Victor’s progress on his companion, Victor writes, “I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like to him, and trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged.” (Shelley 156) Obviously, Victor was not thinking when he destroyed the monster’s unfinished companion right in front of him. This was a blatant aggressive impulse. OCD sufferers also tend to socially isolate themselves. After the monster demands a companion, Victor isolates himself from his family, friends, and home. “Having parted from my friend, I determined to visit some remote spot
Humans do not think about what they do before they attempt it. Father Thomas Euteneuer said “Its human nature. Human nature doesn’t listen” (Euteneuer). Euteneuer talks about how the unknown can lead to the destruction of a society. If something discovered could not be destroyed or cured could lead to destruction. Most things that get created have a cure but what if it is discovered by someone who wants to harm everyone and he is the only person with a cure at the moment. There are also weapons of mass destruction that have the ability to destroy a whole country. Humans dug into the unknown to find the secrets to possess and build such a weapon that could do unmark able things. Some scenario’s showed what a nuclear war could do not just to humans but also the climate “We also saw that two to four years after the event, rainfall would decrease globally by an average of about 10%” (Oman). This shows that there is more of an impact then just on the killing of people but also on the climate. Discovery’s like this could ruin lives and destroy many societies. A nuclear device, a disease, or a monster do not help people but they kill people and harm people. If these items end up in the wrong hands and could become used to cause chaos and could lead to the end of the human race. In “Frankenstein” Frankenstein creates a monster shunned by society “For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and