Blame

taking full responsibility for their thoughts, feelings and behavior. They do not blame others for what they think, feel, or how they behave because, they are able to stand up for themselves calmly and intelligently, without using intimation or manipulation. A person with healthy boundaries does not allow others to control how they think, feel, or behave, nor do they try to control others through manipulation, guilt, blame, or by…

Memory can be twisted based on grief and guilt. A good example of this is in “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst. The story is written as a memory of the protagonist’s brother Doodle. The events that play out make it really easy to blame Brother for Doodle’s death, and make it harder to analyze him because we only know him in relation to the memories and events he is recalling. He points out all he things he did wrong, this makes it where the readers will most likely leave the story with a…

The latest issue pertains to whether or not the government is guilt for their role in the transformation of Dennett 's body being controlled by two people. While they are not fully responsible for what happened, the government certainly has some blame for this situation and a moral obligation to rectify this situation by finding Dennett a new body. The most obvious reason that the government is guilty is that the events that lead to this unfortunate situation for Dennett was completely their…

someone to incriminate and instinctively (as Jasper highlights) no matter the situation we are going to blame someone who is different from ourselves or is unknown. Rather ironically, but not surprisingly, Jasper when asked by Charlie, who he believed killed Laura accuses the town’s other pariah, Mad Jack Lionel. This emphasizes the fact that it is just a natural human behaviour to look to blame someone else. However, as the novel progresses, Silvey deals with the complexity involved with this…

If it really were my fault, I would know I do not try to push the blame on other people. All of the scenarios would have been quick and painless if the person at fault had just taken the blame and it would have left both parties feeling better about the whole situation. If any one of these people had just apologized it would have increase the customer/friends view of them but since…

stands with a more feminist view point. The poster is very much on the side of the victim and recognising them as such, rather than blaming them for being raped. The text is incredibly important as it is reassuring the victim that they are not to blame, that they did not deserve to be raped, and that they will be believed if they chose to confide in others. Intersectionality can be applied by looking at the image on the poster. If you assume the poster suggests that the woman was raped, you…

tragedy of the twin towers on September 11, 2001. The impact of this merciless attack affected numerous Americans. Up to this day, American’s perspective on one religious group, Muslims, have been changed for the worse because many people attributed the blame on the attack to them. Why does one’s perspective seldom let them see when they are blaming a scapegoat? Two stories that convey how a society may never let one see this are “The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”. Each…

Plato once said, “ Only the dead have seen the end of the war”. The protagonist of the novel The Things They Carry is Tim O’Brien. He describes the events that occurred in the middle of his Vietnam experience. The book was written to share his memories and O'Brien's own stories. In those stories we discover characters like Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, Kiowa,Dave Jensen and many others whom he served with in the war. This, draws meaning about the war from their relationships. O’Brien addressed shame…

When I first read the syllabus of our class to see which books we would be using as reference I was with a close friend of mine. I told her we would be reading The Cry of Tamar by Pamela Cooper-White and she told me immediately “You can use my copy! It’s a great story!” I never heard of Tamar and was intrigued to read this book based on my friends recommendation. As I read the story of Tamar, I was saddened and angry to see that even in those times, the men would corroborate to protect the…

I was recently asked to meet with a friend that has been feeling depressed for about a year and a half. I have noticed and others have noticed that he is not his normal self. He told me he is not sleeping well and his social engagement has diminished severely. He seems to be isolating himself and he visibly appears to be carrying a heavy load that those who know him have noticed. In addition, last week someone filled me in on information concerning the actions he has taken over the past two…