As a society we tend to accept and conform to the ideas of our government. We as a people tend to follow the accord of our government, rather than acknowledge that there are faults. We are willing to go to war, kill innocent civilians, and fight for our country, even if it’s for all the wrong reasons. But it’s not just in this time period or even this country. Found all throughout history is the corruption of our society, this can be seen in the stories; Rhinoceros, Saboteur, In Trying Times, and When Greek Meets Greek. The Nuremberg Trials, set after World War II, was a time when the Nazi soldiers were either imprisoned or murdered for their crimes. Many of the soldiers used the excuse of just “following orders” to justify their actions.
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Mr. Chiu was a man enjoying his vacation before he unfairly was chosen as a target to manipulate. “Comrade Policeman, your duty is to keep order, but you purposely tortured us common citizens. Why violate the laws you are supposed to enforce” (Jin 496)? Mr. Chiu was imprisoned for questioning the policeman throwing tea at him. He was undoubtedly falsely imprisoned by a corrupt policeman, and was denied his rights. He was told he’d be released if he wrote an apology that states he is sorry for disrupting the public order (Jin 500). He was not released and began to become ill due to his heart disease and hepatitis, in which he didn’t have medicine for. The lawyer for Mr. Chiu was also tortured and wrongfully accused of not having manners. After being released Mr. Chiu went to restaurants all around the police station, and drank soup out of the bowls. “Within a month over eight hundred people contracted acute hepatitis in Muji. Six died of the disease, including two children. Nobody knew how the epidemic had started” (Jin 507). He singlehandedly killed and made innocent suffer, but also made the guilty policemen suffer. Mr. Chiu himself became corrupt due to his …show more content…
This can be seen in America today, as due to the 9/11 attacks we are fearful of Islamic citizens, even though it was Extremist beliefs and not Islamic beliefs. We are prejudice toward anything or anyone that is not a part of our “norm”. “I know of a landlord up the road who vows that he ain’t ever taking anybody who comes from the West Indies” (Selvon 74). It is stated that the landlord who doesn’t take those from the “West Indies” also cannot tell the difference between them and those from India. Ram poses as an Indian and begins to fear the true Indian, Chan would figure out he was faking. Ram accuses Chan of being a bad tenant, keeping his room dirty, and disturbing the other tenants (Selvon 75). This leads to the landlord to finding out Ram is actually West Indie and lied about Chan. Ram later discovers Chan was from Jamaica and was sent by Fraser sent to the house to get a room (Selvon 76). This shows how not only the landlord’s ideas were prejudice, but Ram’s were as well. Ram judged how an Indian should act based on stereotypes he had heard. He had become corrupt by society’s need to categorize groups by race, and religion, and have expectations of groups to be likeminded in
Mr. Chiu was a man enjoying his vacation before he unfairly was chosen as a target to manipulate. “Comrade Policeman, your duty is to keep order, but you purposely tortured us common citizens. Why violate the laws you are supposed to enforce” (Jin 496)? Mr. Chiu was imprisoned for questioning the policeman throwing tea at him. He was undoubtedly falsely imprisoned by a corrupt policeman, and was denied his rights. He was told he’d be released if he wrote an apology that states he is sorry for disrupting the public order (Jin 500). He was not released and began to become ill due to his heart disease and hepatitis, in which he didn’t have medicine for. The lawyer for Mr. Chiu was also tortured and wrongfully accused of not having manners. After being released Mr. Chiu went to restaurants all around the police station, and drank soup out of the bowls. “Within a month over eight hundred people contracted acute hepatitis in Muji. Six died of the disease, including two children. Nobody knew how the epidemic had started” (Jin 507). He singlehandedly killed and made innocent suffer, but also made the guilty policemen suffer. Mr. Chiu himself became corrupt due to his …show more content…
This can be seen in America today, as due to the 9/11 attacks we are fearful of Islamic citizens, even though it was Extremist beliefs and not Islamic beliefs. We are prejudice toward anything or anyone that is not a part of our “norm”. “I know of a landlord up the road who vows that he ain’t ever taking anybody who comes from the West Indies” (Selvon 74). It is stated that the landlord who doesn’t take those from the “West Indies” also cannot tell the difference between them and those from India. Ram poses as an Indian and begins to fear the true Indian, Chan would figure out he was faking. Ram accuses Chan of being a bad tenant, keeping his room dirty, and disturbing the other tenants (Selvon 75). This leads to the landlord to finding out Ram is actually West Indie and lied about Chan. Ram later discovers Chan was from Jamaica and was sent by Fraser sent to the house to get a room (Selvon 76). This shows how not only the landlord’s ideas were prejudice, but Ram’s were as well. Ram judged how an Indian should act based on stereotypes he had heard. He had become corrupt by society’s need to categorize groups by race, and religion, and have expectations of groups to be likeminded in