When looking at history, dictators and dictatorship have played a large role in controlling the desires of those they dominate, in such areas as religion and freedom of speech. An obvious example would be Adolph Hitler, who committed mass genocide on over 11 million “undesirables” such as Jews, the handicapped, and the gay, regardless of age or gender. Further, there were 50-70 million other lives taken in World War II, which Hitler started. Another brutal dictator was Saloth Sar, or as he was known, Pol Pot. Pot killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s then population by means of execution, torture, starvation, and disease. Pot and his men took part in a style of communism based off of Maoism and Stalinism and then went even further, into the
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On the other hand, there are those who know they’re going to die and want to live life to the fullest before they lose that chance, and there are some people who fall somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. Often those who fear death try to control every aspect of their lives in such a way that they think they’ll never meet an early end. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, none of the characters really have a fear of dying, but the narrator fears for the life of Santiago Nasar who is accused of taking a woman’s virginity out of wedlock. Over the course of the book, the narrator tries to figure out when and why Santiago Nasar is going to be murdered, and does everything he can to prevent it. He puts his life on hold for the sole purpose of saving Santiagos life. While it’s not a bad thing that the narrator cares and does everything in his power to save his friend, it serves as an example of those who fear death –whether their own or someone else’s– can disrupt their life while they try desperately to prevent the inevitable. It’s understandable that people want to shield others from harm’s way, but if something is meant to be, it’s going to happen, regardless of how hard you fight to prevent …show more content…
Not all dictators commit mass genocide, some are people you know who tell you what to do and when to do it and even how it should be done. Society itself is a dictator in a way, telling you how to dress and how to act in order to be liked or seen a certain way. People allow themselves to be controlled, because they don’t realize they’re being controlled. They think they’re happy until they realize that they spent their whole life doing what others said they should or what they were supposed to. Whether you’re Adolf Hitler or a contributor to the societal demands of a size zero waistline and perfect eyebrows, you’re taking part in one form of dictatorship or another. At the end of the day, whether or not a person is happy is all that matters, and if they’re not, it’s because somebody is trying to strip them of their wants, which may just be the reason people become dictators. An underestimated cliché is that death is inevitable, and that people only have so much time to live their lives. If they live to please others, sacrificing their own happiness, they’re never going to be happy, and might not even care if they’re fated to an early death. Not very many people, past or present, understand that their happiness comes
On the other hand, there are those who know they’re going to die and want to live life to the fullest before they lose that chance, and there are some people who fall somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. Often those who fear death try to control every aspect of their lives in such a way that they think they’ll never meet an early end. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, none of the characters really have a fear of dying, but the narrator fears for the life of Santiago Nasar who is accused of taking a woman’s virginity out of wedlock. Over the course of the book, the narrator tries to figure out when and why Santiago Nasar is going to be murdered, and does everything he can to prevent it. He puts his life on hold for the sole purpose of saving Santiagos life. While it’s not a bad thing that the narrator cares and does everything in his power to save his friend, it serves as an example of those who fear death –whether their own or someone else’s– can disrupt their life while they try desperately to prevent the inevitable. It’s understandable that people want to shield others from harm’s way, but if something is meant to be, it’s going to happen, regardless of how hard you fight to prevent …show more content…
Not all dictators commit mass genocide, some are people you know who tell you what to do and when to do it and even how it should be done. Society itself is a dictator in a way, telling you how to dress and how to act in order to be liked or seen a certain way. People allow themselves to be controlled, because they don’t realize they’re being controlled. They think they’re happy until they realize that they spent their whole life doing what others said they should or what they were supposed to. Whether you’re Adolf Hitler or a contributor to the societal demands of a size zero waistline and perfect eyebrows, you’re taking part in one form of dictatorship or another. At the end of the day, whether or not a person is happy is all that matters, and if they’re not, it’s because somebody is trying to strip them of their wants, which may just be the reason people become dictators. An underestimated cliché is that death is inevitable, and that people only have so much time to live their lives. If they live to please others, sacrificing their own happiness, they’re never going to be happy, and might not even care if they’re fated to an early death. Not very many people, past or present, understand that their happiness comes