Evil clown

In Paul Bogard's essay, "Let There Be Dark", he persuades the reader to understand the priceless value of darkness. Using several important and moving examples, as well as hope that people can fix the problem being presented, his readers are quickly in agreement that people need to be preserving the darkness that is crucial for a good quality of life. Throughout the essay, Bogard mentions multiple reasons as to why darkness should be saved. He first states the health benefits of darkness, which…

Hardin defined "Tragedy" as dramatic outcome that is the inevitable but unplanned result of a character’s actions. He called the destruction of the commons due to overuse a tragedy because it is inevitably the result of shared use. Hardin stated "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all." Hardin offered two solution to the tragedy of the commons. He stated, "Mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon" was one approach; the other, greater reliance on property rights. Today environmentalists argue that…

Jack is an excellent representation of Hobbes’ idea that the nature of man is evil. In The Lord of the Flies, Jack is an obvious representation if the evil, violence, and the dark side of man’s nature. He show’s selfishness in quite a few ways. For example, he has so much determination to focus on killing the pig for his own satisfaction that he abandons the fire, leaving it to burn out while a ship passes that had the potential to rescue everyone on the island. When Ralph fiercely questions him…

the solution he needs to separate the evil and good in him on an “accursed night” and “with a strong glow of courage, drank off the potion” (Stevenson 78), naming his new self Hyde. Hyde allows Jekyll to be evil and be free from consequences. This potion successfully separates the good and evil in Jekyll, fulfilling his ambition. Dr. Jekyll “places himself in God’s role” and rather than asking God for help, he experiments to “separate his human self from his evil self” (Fletcher). While Jekyll…

becomes total chaos and uncivilization. When a group of completely different boys fall upon a deserted island, they all fall into different roles as the tyrant, victim, and responsible one. Victimization, power, and fear can account for all of the evil deeds that occur in mankind. Piggy is very smart, and such intelligence sparks multiple people to envy him, so due to Jack and Roger’s greed,…

and the Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters Due on Maple Street”, share a cynical theme portraying how savagery and chaos loom in everyone just bubbling beneath the surface of civilization and order. Both of the works show the common theme that evil lives in everyone by placing their characters in an unexpected situation that begins to dissolve the rules of society. In the Lord of the Flies, the schoolboys start their paradise island adventure with a plan. They organize themselves into…

Asylums are supposed to stabilize the insane, but what if they did the exact opposite? In the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest not only is the sanity of the patients questioned but the staff’s too. The methods of the institution are questionable ethically and morally. Giving the patients unknown pills and taking away their masculinity is very dubious. The ways of the institute is soon questioned because of the arrival of Randle McMurphy. Due to the control, different perspectives, and…

The Trans- Alleghany Insane Asylum It started on a weekend in May, our school decided to plan a field trip to a mysterious building in the western part of Virginia. Don’t ask me why though—we’re all surprised they even considered it. The funny thing is, our school hasn’t taken a field trip in three years, and this is the first placed they decided to go to. The whole situation was quite strange. After a class of eighth graders went to a zoo, the principle has not allowed anyone to go on a…

learning game shows, teaching/tutorials, various specials, etc. Of course, these channels should be prohibited from showing anything contrary to the above, or its corresponding commercials. In all probability, we need to seek out producers and writers who will work on material that is inspiring to its viewers, definitely exempt from foul or vulgar language. At the onset, television programs and movies that will instill wholesomeness due to its content, and as a result will benefit the…

Clockwork Orange, published eight years later, focus on the inherent human capabilities for evil as well as good. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously posits that ‘whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil’ and it is clear from both novels that it is this absence of love as a driving force that prevent both Alex and Jack from moving beyond the simplistic notions of good and evil and choosing a socially responsible path that looks beyond the self. Both…