Apathy

divided between positive symptoms like delusions and hallucinations, or negative symptoms like flat or blunted effect. In this article the focus is on negative symptoms of schizophrenia divided in two factors: apathy and diminished expression. Diminish expression is less explained, rather apathy becomes the sole focus of this study. According to the article people who suffer this disorder have a deficit of options that impede them from decision-making and acting in a…

comprehend above a 5th grade reading level. Both teachers, students and, even those that represent the government suffer from apathy in some way, shape, or form. Apathy throughout all aspects of the educational system such as: teachers and students is the main reason why American schools are falling behind. Apathy in excess is diminishing our school systems at a slow but sure rate. Apathy is the most troublesome dilemma when it comes to the question: “Why are American schools failing?” Like the…

Poem Analysis Question 1 The poem Musée des Beaux Arts (1940) by W.H. Auden is about the contrasting issues in people’s experience in daily life. While others are suffering or distressed, others are celebrating or going about their usual life activities. The poem has a set of characters or groups of people who are suffering and a different set comprised on people in a completely different life situation. It says that “when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting for the miraculous birth,…

of the dream as unrealistic, with themes of apathy and materiality, and Mendes’ subverted parody of suburban utopia as superficial consumerism the audience gain insight into the true nature of the American dream as either unattainable, intrinsically materialistic, and ultimately not the source of true happiness. Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a 1937…

Bruegel illustrates the emotion of apathy through his painting of the ships, farmer, shepherd, and fisherman. In the painting, none of the people stop their daily work to help Icarus, who is drowning. This is also portrayed in the poem with the quote, “...and the expensive delicate ship that…

results in exposing his imperfections. Steinbeck focuses on exploring these imperfections and their impact on human society. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck relies on irony to highlight deficiencies in humankind, such as fear of others and apathy toward others and how they manifest themselves in the form of stronger, more capable characters asserting their dominance over characters weaker than themselves. Curley and Lennie’s relationship exemplifies the tendency of humankind to…

They measure the level of apathy in the subjects using the Apathy Evaluation Scale or AES, which was developed by Roger Marin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Marin created the test to measure apathy resulting from brain related pathology (Glenn). He said there were three domains to apathy: deficits in goal-directed behavior, a decrement in goal related thought…

inconsistency in an unfair free market. Are we really to believe it is for any reason other than a need for control over a new revenue stream? But once again it is the imagined “unfairness” of capitalism that has exploded these new markets and driven the competitive spirit of the individual entrepreneur to continue to create new and useful technologies. A blessing of humanity I’m sure we all wish would be fully realized and unleashed on the medical community. Let us briefly examine and…

that ordinary people can become agents of evil, both on purpose and by accident. Some people become agents of evil through bystander apathy, inflicting pain on someone, both intentionally and unintentionally, and by disliking a group of people and going to extreme measures when it comes to those people. Someone can become an agent of evil by succumbing to bystander apathy and ending up not helping someone who may need help. A great example of this was in Article 4. The lady who was helping the…

home to a stable democratic process. In “Why Don’t We Complain?” American conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr points his finger at the American people himself as their own apathy is to blame for the current status quo. Buckley is successful with his use of symbolism to demonstrate the issue of political apathy among the average American voter. When Buckley published his article to Esquire magazine in 1960, the United States was undergoing a political transformation that would define…