Bystander effect

In every good story, you always have your hero or main character who tries to achieve his or her goal, but the villain or antagonist has some reason to stop them from achieving it. Finally, a bystander is always watching this conflict go down and has nothing to say about it and just goes on with their life because they don’t have to worry about it. In the books: Romeo and Juliet, And Then There Were None, and To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters in their respected books all show the theme of…

The article, “37 Who saw murder didn't call the police” by Martin Gansberg talks about a 28-year old woman,Catherine Genovese who was stabbed to death in Kew Gardens, Queens in the view of 37 people who saw the murder occurring. The appalling part about this article is that no one tried to report it at the moment. She screamed her lungs out for help, but not a single person tried to call the cops and just one witness communicated the police after the woman was dead. The occurrence of the…

The murder of Kitty Genovese is a very touchy subject. No one really knows the truth. Was there 37 or 38 witnesses? Psychologists say they only found a half a dozen witnesses, and the 6 people who seen it, didn’t see the whole incident. In 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by a man named Winston Moseley after returning from her job early on March 13, 1964. Winston approached Kitty as she was walking toward her home. As Kitty began to run away in fear, she was…

The Death of Kitty Genovese Martin Gansberg was a reporter for the New York times for over 40 years. He was born in Brooklyn, and he earned an award for excellence for writing this article in 1964. Gansberg tells us the story of the murder of “Kitty.” A twenty-eight-year-old Catherine Genovese, who was called “Kitty” by almost everyone in the neighborhood. The man stabbed Kitty to death. Kitty cried for help, and the neighbors heard her, but did not do much to help. After Kitty was dead, the…

“Loudon Wainright: A Tale of Human Nature” On March 13, 1964, 38 people watched, 38 people looked away, 38 people did not do anything, only 1 person suffered. That's what happened in "The Dying Girl that No One Helped," an editorial by Loudon Wainright. In the editorial Wainright tells about Kitty Genovese and how she was murdered in front of at least 38 witnesses. After the murder nobody wanted to fess up and explain what happened that night, they did not even want to call the police. This…

reason, bystanders are guilty if they don’t help a situation because they have the power to change it for the better. In the text “The Harvest Gypsies” bystanders watched as poor families struggled to get by and did nothing to help. For example, as the author states “She could not have fed it at the breast; her own diet will not produce milk” (Steinbeck). This quote shows how badly they had it and how easy it would’ve been to offer help to the less fortunate families even though the bystanders…

the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. In the texts “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and Elie Wiesel's acceptance speech, they both have bystanders that do not help out when it came to harming humans. People just stand around watching others get hurt and that's why no one believes in good people, that leads me to say bystanders are not innocent. In “The Lottery” people gather around every year to watch or join in on stoning people to death which is why none of them are…

In the Documentary “Witness”, Bill Genovese whose sister Catherine “kitty Genovese was fatally stabbed in front of her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens was very determined to find out what happened the night his sister died. 38 could have prevent the attacks on Kitty Genovese from occurring if they had just intervened or called the police, one person called the police but it wasn’t until after she was dead. In the documentary Bill Genovese sort out the victims to find out why they didn’t take…

Bystanders were people who were fearful and played it safe. A. These people chose not to help with the Nazi Victims, being fearful of the consequences. B. During World War II many just stood by and watched the cruel acts happen. The children of the holocaust had their lives very rough throughout the tragic event. A. These children were tortured by their teachers in front of the class before the Jews were forbidden to go to school. B. Children risked their lives in the ghetto by smuggling…

hospital. The story generated considerable interest in the bystander effect and in understanding why people help in some situations but not in others, and experts have discovered a number of different situational variables that contribute to (and sometimes interfere with) prosocial behavior. Pro-social behavior is a helpful action that benefits other people without necessarily providing any direct benefits to the person performing…