Pros and Cons of Sameness Essay

C.J Butcher Lydia Vigilantism There has always been a debate between pro and con vigilantism and will most likely always be. When the police officers aren 't able to get to the scene in time and someone is in danger what would you chose to do? Even though in some situations self defense is okay, things may get out of hand and worse damage may happen. Self defense in certain situations is the right choice. No matter how many time the cops are able to make it to the scene before anyone gets hurt, there are the times when they are not able to make it. When put in a life or death situation, I believe self defense is 100% necessary. If you know that the cops will not be able to make it in time to save you or the person being attacked, then by all means pro vigilantism is the right choice. For instance, when I was 15 years old I had a friend that would sometimes get bullied and beat up whenever he went to his math class. When he asked me for advice I told him to talk to the teacher and…

All the good has to come with the bad…right? Jonas had always been part of sameness in The Giver while thinking everything was meant to be the same when in reality he learns being the same is not exactly all that it is pumped up to be.. Sameness has its ups and downs for example a down would be that everything would be boring with no way to express yourself while an up would be that people feel safe but the thing is safety worth your identity. I believe sameness is unimportant for everyone that…

The Utopian Society in The Giver is destined to fail because of inequality and fear. To begin with, in “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. proved that rebels and insurgents will appear where there is pain and unfairness. In addition to that, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling explains how fear and prejudicism leads to violence and disorder. Next, Matt Bird’s “Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering in Humans” shows the flaws in The Giver society’s ideas of Sameness. Because of…

will never be more than 115 miles from a McDonald’s in the continental USA? Restaurants have gone from a family business to a quick, cheap meal. In the non fiction text, McJobs, by Eric Schlosser, it states that fast food restaurants have changed society dramatically. Many people have also said this, some say it is for the better, others say for the worse. The pros and cons of fast food restaurants in society has lead to it being in a gray area--fast food restaurants have had both a good and…

Atticus Finch, her father, is the lawyer for a man named Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is the main “mockingbird” of the novel, as referring to the title, and he is put on trial for the rape accusation from a white woman. While there is strong evidence against the accusations, Tom Robinson is still sentenced to be guilty. This trial effects the town greatly and teaches Scout many lessons, like the moral: it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This means that it is a sin to hurt the innocent, or a…

no child of the Enlightenment, instead, he was closer to philosophers and psychologists who recognize that altruism is not much engendered by exhortation(Smith,168). Confucius did not consider himself and his teachings as a perfect or original method, he believed to the wisdom of the past. Confucius was obsessed with tradition, and he saw it as the main shaper of inclinations and attitudes. “He loved tradition because he saw it as a potential conduit—one that could funnel into the present…