I believe wrongdoing should be punished in public, but only to a certain extent, with a few factors of: how serious the wrongdoing is, if the wrongdoing is constantly reoccurring and lastly if the wrongdoing is affecting a good number of people.
First to begin with is how serious a crime or wrong doing is. This can range from simple petty illegal actions such as stealing candy out of a store to much more serious crimes like murdering an entire family of seven. I don’t believe such small crimes like stealing candy should be displayed in public because it’s such a small hasty crime that can be dealt with by issuing a simple citation. Now much larger crimes such as murder, I do believe should be publicized to bring awareness to people of the …show more content…
How Chapman presents his main idea and then supports it with true facts that show flaws in the prison system really interests me. I also like how he states things like how the amount of time a criminal may do for such small crime. One of them involved someone being sentenced to 12 years for a $70 crime. I found this to be outrageous and upsetting.
Another thing I liked about this passage is the style. Chapman uses very simple words to get his point across and to compare the two punishment systems. His word choice are also simple and were helpful for me as a reader to understand and get his point. Lastly I really enjoyed the organization of the passage. He first starts off talking about Western punishments and their characteristics and then talks about our punishment system. He tells about how such crimes were handled in both systems and then asks a question that made me as a reader think. After doing such he then goes into comparing the two systems pointing out flaws in both and then stating both systems as “barbaric”. The organization Chapman uses really is helpful to understanding the central idea of the
First to begin with is how serious a crime or wrong doing is. This can range from simple petty illegal actions such as stealing candy out of a store to much more serious crimes like murdering an entire family of seven. I don’t believe such small crimes like stealing candy should be displayed in public because it’s such a small hasty crime that can be dealt with by issuing a simple citation. Now much larger crimes such as murder, I do believe should be publicized to bring awareness to people of the …show more content…
How Chapman presents his main idea and then supports it with true facts that show flaws in the prison system really interests me. I also like how he states things like how the amount of time a criminal may do for such small crime. One of them involved someone being sentenced to 12 years for a $70 crime. I found this to be outrageous and upsetting.
Another thing I liked about this passage is the style. Chapman uses very simple words to get his point across and to compare the two punishment systems. His word choice are also simple and were helpful for me as a reader to understand and get his point. Lastly I really enjoyed the organization of the passage. He first starts off talking about Western punishments and their characteristics and then talks about our punishment system. He tells about how such crimes were handled in both systems and then asks a question that made me as a reader think. After doing such he then goes into comparing the two systems pointing out flaws in both and then stating both systems as “barbaric”. The organization Chapman uses really is helpful to understanding the central idea of the