Dangerous Minds

experience stress or trauma at some times in our lives and our minds process this in a certain way. When something frightening, shocking, sad or dangerous happens to us, our bodies and minds process the experience by having a reaction. Some people have the sensation of complete shock and are unable to understand what is occurring. Our muscles may tense or some people faint. Along with our bodies having a strong reaction to trauma, our minds are…

In the Blade Runner, Tyrell says "More human than human" to Deckard. When thinking of humanity many things may come to mind. The meaning of “human” is their ability to reason and grow as a thinker. This is due to the evolution of our brains and their ability to reach different levels of intellect. The big question here is, what does it means to be human? The word “human being” has many definitions; to be human you will need to have anatomical and biological qualities. Which means as humans we…

of the weather, at will. She has overwhelmed many of our people's minds with never ending voices. And then she kills by strangling our people with their own aura’s." “WOW!” Luke said. “She’s got that kind of power? I guess it shouldn’t surprise anyone, she does have the Dark-Eye and the Talisman.” “It’s not her power I’m worried about, we too have great power.” “What else is there?” “The most powerful thing of all, her mind. She is one of the Old Ones. Her cunning and her cleverness are…

idea for a person to change who they are in order to fit in with everyone, the idea of conformity might seem like it’s an okay thing to do at first, but the more someone tries to fit in the more they become someone they’re not. Conformity is a very dangerous thing…

the perpetrator: something used to rewrite history, entrap victims, and, ultimately, eradicate the will for freedom. And so, the question begs to be asked: why language? What is it that makes language so precious—and, in the eyes of tyrants, so dangerous? What can the war on words tell us about the underlying…

article, Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds by Elizabeth Kolbert argues that humans are miss-led by false information. The rush humans feel when they win an argument supporting their beliefs is a feeling unreplicated by anything else, even if they argue with incorrect information. The article also states that humans tend to make quick judgements without fully understanding a situation. Wide media usage, when information is often incorrect, could put society into a dangerous position. Humans are…

In the novel The Lord of the Flies, the short story The Most Dangerous Game, and in another short story Thank You Ma’am Wilkie Collins’ inquiry is prominent in each text as characters display both traits of good and evil. People are good to the extent where their situation and upbringing will reflect their innate nature as seen through Ralph and Piggy in Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, Rainsford in The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, and Roger in Thank You Ma’am by…

agitation, self-center, consumes energy, and waste of time. Also, its nerve racking and unhealthy behavioral for those who are around them. A person who practices ambush listing is very carefully, well-motivated and paying close attention with a plan in mind of attacking the person’s messages. Ambush listeners, they gather specific word like a bullet with attentiveness, which latter to use to attack the speaker. They are trapped by their own thoughts, only hear what gives them personal gain, so…

At the beginning of 1986 in Mexico , a man who craved attention had lost control of his mind , he identified himself as Sin Mascara. Sin Mascara engaged in a serial killer mode. Indeed, his face was distorted with rage after he had committed his first crime .Sin Mascara was a well known serial killer, he kept his identity hidden , however just few people such as neighbors knew his real name Rey Chico. He reminisced living in a small dingy hut place with his drunken father. However, Chico's…

classified as a chemical solution that affects the process of mind and/or body. Barkman describes the clear headedness principle as, “Clouding our mind with crazy hallucinations,... [and] actually doing harm to us psychologically since the mind naturally functions best without such diversions” (Barkman 2-3). Barkman’s argument reflects that our mind needs its own time to think and make a decision. Decisions made by a person whose mind is influenced by other substances should be considered unfair…