Killing Without A Conscience People have grown desensitized not by choice, but by their surroundings. For centuries, humans have killed each other, and it eventually has become a common event humanity faces daily. Due to this, humans have become desensitized to killing, which has caused the value of life to decrease with each generation. This theme is examined in “The Lottery”, “Who Killed Benny Paret?”, and “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police”, with each author having their own interpretation of it. “The Lottery” illustrates how a village of people kills a woman out of tradition without thinking twice about it. The lottery “winner” is random, which means the people were going to kill someone regardless, no matter who it
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This article relates to the other two because all three show people are unwilling to stop murder, even when it's the right thing to do. In the article, 38 people willingly confessed to the police they saw the events unfold, but did not call for a number of reasons. One man responded to the police saying, “‘I was tired, I went back to bed,’” (Gansberg 129). Another couple stated they thought it was a lovers’ quarrel. The wife was quoted saying, “‘I didn't want my husband to get involved,’” (Gansberg 129). Both of these show the people did not care a woman was getting murdered because it was not affecting their night. According to the police, “‘A phone call,’ said one detective, ‘would have done it,’” (Gansberg #). The only responsibility the people had to prevent this woman’s murder was to pick up the phone, and no one did. Would these people have picked up the phone if it had been their sister who was attacked? The answer to the question is more than likely “yes”. People have grown to not appreciate human life unless they consider a person of any value to them. A great deal of this has to do with the media constantly showing murders and people dying. People have stopped caring. Death is usually viewed as just another random person dead and not as a human being with feelings and people who loved them. A modern example which relates to “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police” is the civil war across the continent of Africa. Men, women, and children are dying from starvation, disease, and war, and numerous media outlets and people do not care (Conflicts in Africa). People do not care because it does not affect them living their everyday lives in their safe country. People have begun to view these events as just something which is and will
This article relates to the other two because all three show people are unwilling to stop murder, even when it's the right thing to do. In the article, 38 people willingly confessed to the police they saw the events unfold, but did not call for a number of reasons. One man responded to the police saying, “‘I was tired, I went back to bed,’” (Gansberg 129). Another couple stated they thought it was a lovers’ quarrel. The wife was quoted saying, “‘I didn't want my husband to get involved,’” (Gansberg 129). Both of these show the people did not care a woman was getting murdered because it was not affecting their night. According to the police, “‘A phone call,’ said one detective, ‘would have done it,’” (Gansberg #). The only responsibility the people had to prevent this woman’s murder was to pick up the phone, and no one did. Would these people have picked up the phone if it had been their sister who was attacked? The answer to the question is more than likely “yes”. People have grown to not appreciate human life unless they consider a person of any value to them. A great deal of this has to do with the media constantly showing murders and people dying. People have stopped caring. Death is usually viewed as just another random person dead and not as a human being with feelings and people who loved them. A modern example which relates to “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police” is the civil war across the continent of Africa. Men, women, and children are dying from starvation, disease, and war, and numerous media outlets and people do not care (Conflicts in Africa). People do not care because it does not affect them living their everyday lives in their safe country. People have begun to view these events as just something which is and will