Apathy

to get involved or stay distant from the problem. This is the idea for readers to gain an idea of what they would do during times like these, whether they agree or disagree with the story’s baseline. In times of Chaos the possible explanations of apathy could derive from multiple places such as the fear of being involved, the lack of time, and not wanting to be an outcast in society. First off stories after stories always…

Imagine that a loved one has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. As you exit the hospital, heart heavy with the weight of the doctor’s words, what is your immediate course of action? Do you reach out to your loved one and assure them that you’ll remain by their side through the fight to come? Or, do you whip out measuring tape, size them for their casket, and ask, “Mahogany, or pine?” On October 11, 2016, the world chose the latter. “Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016),”…

new generation continues to distance our values from those in post-World War II United States. In Martin Gansberg’s article “38 Who Saw a Murder and Didn’t Call the Police”, Gansberg recounts the murder of Catherine Genovese while also depicting the apathy the witnesses present demonstrated as they saw the events unfold. Although the article was written in 1964, much of the issues Gansberg presents still remain apparent today.…

Not only this, but Brave New World is more relevant to the modern world as it encapsulates the gathered feeling of apathy and aversion of feelings among the people in the real world, as apposed to 1984 which slightly refers to this attitude. The people in Brave New World live in a world free of negative emotions due to the elimination of families, religion, and books. Back in the Condition Center the Director explains the burden such institutions brought upon the people of the past, reasoning,…

threatening him as its next victim. His apathy was clearly seen as he as his father were transported to a different base camp in Auschwitz, “The inscription [on the sign stated]: ‘Warning! Danger of death.’ What irony. Was there here a single place where one was not in danger of death (Wiesel 40)?” Wiesel began to view death as a casual occurrence (proving his newfound apathy). Although Wiesel found enduring everyday life at Auschwitz easier in a state of apathy, the reality of the death and…

The United States, a country that once stood for new beginnings and new hopes seems more of a hypocritical being now. Things that are promised are being taken for granted, but we still cling onto that shred of hope that remains in our hearts. People of minorities were told from a signed document from the president of the United States that they would be treated fairly with equal access to substances that would supply or help with the upbringing of themselves. All that has done is brought trials…

adversity, and daily stressors (Bonanno, 2004). The third characteristic is the growth (Aldwin & Levenson, 2004) which means new learning or advances as a result of the adversity. Resilience was also highly associated with both non-motor symptoms (less apathy, depression, fatigue) and a personality domain (more optimism) (Robottom,Gruber, Anderson, Reich,Fishman,Weiner, Shulman,…

While companies like Google and Apple create ignorance by protecting their software, the majority of the ignorance stems from apathy on the subject and instead of exploring it, people just accept that it works and move on. This native type of ignorance will be a minor barrier in my education, but in my focus on computer science I will be creating ignorance in neglecting to pursue…

content about the society. The two songs both convey a faint frustration against authors' ideal world, but the original cause of such emotion is different. In "the Sound of Silence", the author fell in deep depression because of the isolation and apathy among people lack of communication and thoughts. By contrary, in another song, author's negative mood is caused by the loss of individual innocence and the dissolution of American dream. And the degree of the depression in the latter is higher…

Voter apathy talks about the lack of people voting and talks about the turn out for some of the recent elections. It also talks about who is more likely to vote. People who have good paying jobs, college degrees, whites, and home owners are more likely to vote…