One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. On one hand the riots could be morally justified because the rioters were being manipulate to abide by the radical changes. If they did not follow the change their only choice was to suffer. On, the other hand, one could argue that the rioters did not have the means to One important perspective to consider is “Animal Farm” by George Orwell.
One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. We see this in the novel “The Great Riots of New York City” by Joel Headley because of its depiction of government officials manipulating the poverty class to abide by the changes. “Yet When Mr. Ming offered a resolution, proposing a memorial to the Legislature, requiring a …show more content…
The man of moderate means may be compelled to give up one luxury after another – he cannot strike to have them restored to him. The Tradesman may see his custom diminish, and the mechanic the
Retrench
One important perspective to consider is from the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell because some of its major themes
“Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover. These two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments.” (Orwell 7).
Based on my own life experiences I feel that the Government will always abuse their power intentional or not because as America we don’t support one another. We are quick to offer support to other countries but here in our own land we have issues that we haven’t even touched upon. Something that is happening New York City is the MTA Fare Hike that is on a constant rise. The unfortunate thing with that is as a commuter city we must depend on the sole use of a Metrocard. Its a cycle such as we need to work to gain money, to buy metrocards, to go to work and start the cycle all over again. The Government sees that as despite multiple petition, people protests and poverty of most New
One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. We see this in the novel “The Great Riots of New York City” by Joel Headley because of its depiction of government officials manipulating the poverty class to abide by the changes. “Yet When Mr. Ming offered a resolution, proposing a memorial to the Legislature, requiring a …show more content…
The man of moderate means may be compelled to give up one luxury after another – he cannot strike to have them restored to him. The Tradesman may see his custom diminish, and the mechanic the
Retrench
One important perspective to consider is from the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell because some of its major themes
“Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover. These two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments.” (Orwell 7).
Based on my own life experiences I feel that the Government will always abuse their power intentional or not because as America we don’t support one another. We are quick to offer support to other countries but here in our own land we have issues that we haven’t even touched upon. Something that is happening New York City is the MTA Fare Hike that is on a constant rise. The unfortunate thing with that is as a commuter city we must depend on the sole use of a Metrocard. Its a cycle such as we need to work to gain money, to buy metrocards, to go to work and start the cycle all over again. The Government sees that as despite multiple petition, people protests and poverty of most New