Apathy

secretary, over and he freaks out on her when she lays a dirty spoon on the table. Sure, that might tick some people off, but he explodes at her. Lastly, there are two scenes, near the beginning of the movie and near the end, that lay out how much apathy Patrick Bateman has. In the first scene, he is seen talking to a homeless guy. He acts like he is going to give the guy money or a job, but then he insults…

Possible solutions to hate crimes are everyone should take into consideration. Silence is deadly. You must do something about in. Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance, by the perpetrators, the public, and worse the victims. If left unchallenged hate persists and grows. Second, affect on the community as a whole. Hate groups and imitators are trying to divide us; try to start community conflict, riots, and civil disturbances. Slurs often escalate to harassment and worse. Third is to join…

counterintuitive. Although there is a significant caveat; the circumstances should always be intentional. If they are not, they are more likely the result of some oversight. Failure to make a choice as the result of indecisiveness, apprehension, or apathy can unquestionably become very troubling and subject to unintended consequences. Let there be no doubt that tacit inaction or a series of such, over an extended period can create very serious and undesirable outcomes. Those could readily…

Cast into a world replete with bewildering innovation, Mary Shelley, at the mere age of nineteen, defied seemingly impenetrable gender conventions of nineteenth century England through her enticingly horrifying composition of Frankenstein, eternally convoluting the ethics of invention. A Romantic at heart, Shelley, through her intricate elaboration of Victor Frankenstein and his creation as well as scenery, expounds upon the deleterious outcomes associated with the distancing of oneself from the…

It is impossible to say whether the lack of textbooks was the symptom or the cause of the apathy towards the concessions of the two codes, but certain is that there were serious problems with producing learning material which in turn must have posed acute problems for the teaching of the language. However, it would be wrong to deduce from the information above that the codes of 1890 and 1893 were a complete failure. In some areas, newspaper articles show that the new possibilities offered by…

I Had a Nightmare That All Men Are Created Equal INTRO: Equality is discussed all around the world as a common goal of society. There is gender equality, economic equality, and political equality, among others. While people consider the favorable aspects of an equal nation, they tend to disregard the severe limitations. In a story called “Harrison Bergeron,” the author, Kurt Vonnegut, does just that. He portrays the several negative effects of equality that are overlooked by many. Like Vonnegut…

Poverty is one of the few reasons that children in Central America have apathy towards attending school. Young adults tend to obtain a job, and in countless ways succor the family with food, bills, the house, and many other necessities. My parents grew up in Central America, within a poor environment, with lack of clean water, insufficient clothing and a scarce amount of money. Consequently my parents had to withdraw from studying. The experience of living on the edge of absolute poverty…

In the tragic play, King Lear written by William Shakespeare in 1608, the theme of foolishness is very common, familiar and frequent. Shakespeare makes certain characters look foolish, completly idiotic, thoughtless, and unitelligent. Some of those fools are King Lear/ Earl of Gloucester, the Fool, Goneril/Regan, Kent/Codelia. King Lear and the Earl of Gloucester are alike, foolishness wise. They are both unable to see the truth and believe the wrong people. The Fool is a litteral fool but…

it or t change it for that matter. It is like a dogma taught when you were too young to ask the question; why is it this particular way?. So, you are left with the only option to follow it and believe in it blindly. Furthermore, these people build apathy towards change. The product of this attitude is the lack of flexibility to adapt in the upcoming changes that your society can experience. It also helps in developing this attitude of holding back as long as they can, blocking the natural…

The narrator in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mary Rowlandson, instigates herself as the prime Christian woman, when in reality is far from. If the narrative is examined with the knowledge that the word selection and scriptures were added and tweaked by the panel of pastors that approved this writing, then the instances of unchristian like behavior from Rowlandson can be dismissed. However, based on the knowledge that this is a narrative and the panel…