“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself” - Mohsin Hamid In ELA class, I have studied the Kitty Genovese case, themes for the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, and how I feel towards society. The expectations for this class are to understand what is going on in our world in the past and current events. In this class, we have learned about racism, bystander effects, etc. and how they affect our society and what happens in our society. In this class I have studied first-hand accounts on what people actually go through and what they already went through, which can make the reader feel empathy towards the writer. Empathy can create a stronger, more just society because when you put yourself in other people’s shoes you understand how they actually feel and can try to prevent negative things which are shown in Kitty Genovese Letter to Bystanders, Night Theme Tables, and the “I’M HERE” project.
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Her neighbors lack of empathy led to the death of Kitty Genovese. For this assignment, we read many articles on who Kitty Genovese was and read about her death in the 1960’s. Then we had to do another assignment on a letter to the bystanders as if we were one of her loved ones. In this letter, I felt empathy and sympathy toward Kitty Genovese and I played as her angry sister. In my letter, I stated, “ Right now I see you as bad as the murderer because you technically ALSO killed her. If you did something, she probably would not even be gone.’’ When I included this, I stated this to show who these bystanders and what these bystanders actually stand for. Everything I wrote showed how I put myself in Kitty Genovese’s shoes. I confronted the neighbors who lacked empathy during this situation. If the neighbors knew how much pain Kitty Genovese felt and how much help she was in need of, they would have made a movement of
Her neighbors lack of empathy led to the death of Kitty Genovese. For this assignment, we read many articles on who Kitty Genovese was and read about her death in the 1960’s. Then we had to do another assignment on a letter to the bystanders as if we were one of her loved ones. In this letter, I felt empathy and sympathy toward Kitty Genovese and I played as her angry sister. In my letter, I stated, “ Right now I see you as bad as the murderer because you technically ALSO killed her. If you did something, she probably would not even be gone.’’ When I included this, I stated this to show who these bystanders and what these bystanders actually stand for. Everything I wrote showed how I put myself in Kitty Genovese’s shoes. I confronted the neighbors who lacked empathy during this situation. If the neighbors knew how much pain Kitty Genovese felt and how much help she was in need of, they would have made a movement of