Analysis Of Martin Gansberg's Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder

I was innocent, and I did nothing wrong. Nevertheless, I was attacked relentlessly for a reason I knew not. I screeched for someone to come to my aid, for someone to rescue me from my oppressors. Despite my screams, no one seemed to care enough to protect or help me; they stood there motionless, silently watching the event unfold. As the torture came to a conclusion, I laid there insecure, and vulnerable to the vile world around me. Why did no one come to help, even though they witnessed the torment I suffered? Although the viewers may have wanted to help, they were immobile to rise to the occasion, wanting to protect themselves, while they were leaving me there to hurt. In Martin Gansberg's article, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder and Didn’t Call the Police,” twenty-eight year old Kitty Genovese was attacked and murdered, which could have been prevented if …show more content…
“He stabbed me! Please help me! Please help me!” screamed Kitty, hoping that someone would rescue her from her attacker (Gansberg p.129). A man from one of the upper windows yelled at the assailant to leave her alone; however, this was the most help Kitty would get. Miss Genovese was assaulted two more times, yet the most anyone did was open their windows, and turn on their lights. Despite her shrieks and cries for help, the witnesses stayed shut behind their doors. Kitty Genovese was murdered that night; a murder that could have been stopped if the people came to help. The police involved in the case stressed how simple it would have been to have called the police. When the witnesses were asked why they didn’t call the police or try to help Kitty, not one could quite explain why they didn’t get involved. They answered in pitiable excuses, claiming they had no reason to get involved. But because of their inability to intervene, Kitty Genovese, an innocent woman, was wrongly