A Cruel World

for his family. After everything he had done for his family, it seemed to hold no meaning to them. They were embarrassed and ashamed of their insect family member. Each one of the family members were proved to be ungrateful, selfish, manipulative people. The Samsa family no longer had a use for Gregor. The love that was thought to be there began to show. This was a immature love, which had no meaning. His sister made a cruel decision that the rest of the family, excluding Gregor, acted upon. They decided to exterminate Gregor. Apples were thrown at Gregor by his father. One of those apples was thrown and embedded into his back. This apple could not be removed and rotted in his beetle flesh that could not heal. The rotted apple of evil and cruelty in the flesh is what killed Gregor. In the Metamorphosis, Kafka reminds us of how often certain people and things are taken advantage of. He reminds us of how cruel this society can towards each other, especially in a time of emotional hurt and need. He points out that we all can be mislead and blinded by the cruel activities that society…

According to Google, hope is to “have a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen,” and therefore Americans are known as failures all around the world because everyone believes in the American dream. Hope is a dangerous and moronic word that teaches people they can better their lives with hard work and persistence. But in the end your either on top or on bottom and who would put themselves in a situation where there is a high chance of failure and a small chance of victory.…

A Cruel World (A Discussion of the Cruel World) While reading this story, multiple things come to mind. I feel bad because I have no clue what the Haitian people were going through but after reading this essay it has given me more knowledge on the subject. Especially in areas around the equator, there are multiple things that happen that sometimes we don't expect. When this happens we don't really know what to do. Obviously, there are multiple reasons as to why we think the earth would be…

"Sometimes the World is Cruel" is a very interesting subject because honestly the earth is very cruel. The author writes about how hurricanes only wreck poor countries. For instance hurricanes don't hit the rich places but they hit places like Haiti. Waves are extremely powerful and take out houses and other important things. It always seem like the weather hits at the most inconvenient times. First off, We didn't get a lick of rain all summer long. When something very important came up like…

Torture and cruel treatment is banned at all times, places, and including times of war (Torture). It is a terrible thing that still exists in some countries. People use it either to get information from people or to just hurt the person involved. We as people should not defend torture, because it is hurting people to get something. What is the reason that it is done? There are other methods to get information and possibly more effective ways. Torture has always been up for debate and it is a…

judicial system with reasonable punishments. Beccaria believed that a functional government should have a structured judicial system that punishes people according to the severity of their crimes. He strongly opposed against cruel and unusual punishments as well as the death penalty. A well established judicial system, Beccaria believed, could protect people’s basic rights and maintain peace and order in the society (“Cesare Beccaria”). If someone commits a crime, it is necessary to punish them…

Flogging is a cruel method of punishment. Not only does flogging leave abiding scars on the surface of the skin, but lasting scars to one’s mentality. After sixteen or more swings to the exterior of the dermis, one’s body starts collapsing. Death is one of the merciless results from this corporal punishment. No form of punishment should leave both physical or mental damage to one. Ask this simple question: Who are you to decided someone’s faith? The answer is limitless; no one is entitled to…

“The Boosted Animals, sponsored by the Boise State League of Legends Club, will be participating in the Boise State League Championship Series. Be sure to catch all the games up till the playoffs to decide the champion!” The average human may possibly be pondering, “What in the world does this have to do with the essay topic?” Personally, I savor hooking people with unorthodox statements that, with a naked eye, obviously have no correlation to one another yet, concurrently, have everything in…

The Haitian Earthquake of 2010 was a tremendous tragedy, and it makes one wonder, why must the Earth be so Cruel? One might argue that its a law of life, and that theres nothing we can do about it. Pitts argues however, that people are just as cruel as the earth, the only differance being our disasters are man made. Sometimes the earth is cruel, this is just a fact of life we will have to accept and keep moving on like we always do. The reaction from the people of Haiti is something that…

Life’s Unfair (Sometimes the Earth is Cruel) There are times when so many bad things happen in the world at once, which makes everyone wonder how such horrifying things could possibly happen to such heartwarming people. There are events that occur all over the world every single day that make people question why life's so unfair. Pitt wrote about how there are times where it makes people feel as though bad things always have to happen to people who are most vulnerable. He explained in detail…