Martin Gansberg's Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn T Call Police

Changes happen all over the world throughout the entire day. Change is constantly happening and people do not seem to notice. Changes have occurred in many different ways over the years. The number one cause of changes in the world is society. The lack of security, responsibility, and concern are three main factors that have led to a divided and sometimes discontent society.
Society lacks an enormous amount of security and has led to the society we live in today. Martin Gansberg wrote a short story named “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police,” talks about how thirty-eight people witnessed a murder and not one person bothered to contact police. A couple in Gansberg’s story say the reason they decided not call police is, “Frankly, we were afraid,” (122). They feared they were getting involved in something they had no business in. Along with the others who witnessed the murder, they felt vulnerable. Once people start to feel vulnerable, they begin to rebel. Norman Cousins wrote “Who Killed …show more content…
Norman Cousins, the author of “Who Killed Benny Paret?,” talks about how people become blind to their actions. The author says, “The time the crowd comes alive is when a man is hit so hard over the heart of the head, when his mouthpiece flies out, when the blood squirts out of his nose or eyes, when he wobbles under the attack and his pursuer continues to smash at him with pole-axe impact,” (342). The crowd wants to see a fighter get the stars beaten out of him. The crowd does not think about how a fight can affect the fighter’s life. Norman also says, “I asked Mr. Jacobs if he was speaking literally when he said people came out to see the killer. ‘They don’t come out to see a tea party,’ he said evenly. ‘They come out to see the knockout. They come out to see a man hurt. If they think anything else, they’re kidding themselves,’” (341). They influence situations by cheering anytime a fighter gets knocked