Analysis Of Stephen T. Asma's On Monsters

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Every human can become a monster if they are not careful. Throughout the years the idea of monsters have been growing dramatically. We can walk by someone that looks completely normal but he/she is a monster within. In 2005, Jerry Hobbs, who was just thirty-four-years old was charged with murdering his 8-year-old daughter and her best friend. Jerry Hobbs stabbed the girls so many times until they were dead and even his brother accused him of being a monster for that. Racist are monsters and it is horrifying because they are judging others by their race or the skin color. History has shown us that monsters do exist, due to racism and the cruel behaviors towards humans.
For instance, monsters exist due to racists labeling others as monstrous.
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Cruel behavior is everywhere and it can’t be stopped. In the book On Monsters the section “Inhuman” the Khmer Rouge held prisoners of Angkar. An example is Ladin, the ten years old girl who was taken away from both of her parents by the Khmer Rouge. That’s a cruel behavior because taking away a child from his or her parent is an act of torture. In the book On Monsters the section “Inhuman” it talks about Stanley Milgram, who did the study in Yale that occurred in the 1960. Stephen T. Asma explained, “Americans were made to believe they were shocking other average Americans with lethal doses of electricity.” He made people believe that they would shock each other with electricity. That’s a very cruel act because a normal person isn’t supposed to do that to others. However, the idea of demons and devils hunt many people in the world. In the book On Monsters the section “The literal and the Symbolic” it explains the imaginations in ourselves and the things were capable of doing and the author states, “Here the legends of vampire activity, such as drinking blood and killing, actually inspired some teenagers to role-play, acting to such a degree that they murdered the parent.” which influenced them to become harsh and violent towards their own parents. In the book On Monsters the section “Unthinkable” Hobbs was charged for murdering his eight years old girl and her friend, “ In a videotaped confession, Hobbs

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