Feral children

The isolation of the Island allowed the boys to do anything with almost no consequences. With the absence of adults the children had no one to look to and this only caused fear. The boys had rules and order from the beginning but they could not keep this up because of their inability to stay on task as evident when Ralph instructs to Jack that “the rest of your hunters came…

The story takes place in Mumbai, India. Westernized trade has increased over the past few decades, but this has taken a toll on the people in one of India's major cities, Mumbai. Annawadi (a slum) is filled with disease, poverty, and crime. Annawadians will do anything to get out of the slum and into the middle class, even if it means breaking the law and hurting their neighbors. Furthermore, many people envy one another for their worth and accomplishments. The character’s morals and beliefs…

According to research by UNICEF, there are more than 400,000 street children existing in India. They live on the streets and take on the full responsibility of caring for themselves. However, they are becoming more vulnerable to many dangers, such as chronic diseases and abuse in their society. To us, a family is a matter of course. However, to these street children, family is a strange word. They have been homeless since they were born and have never had the feeling of being at home, of knowing…

According to statistics found in an article titled “Feral Families, Troubled Families: The Spectre of Underclass in New Zealand” by Liz Beddoe “New Zealand ranked 28th out of 30 OECD nations for child outcomes and just over half of the 200,000 New Zealand children living below the poverty line are M¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬aori (54,651) and Pasifika (44,120)” (Beddoe,2014). These numbers are astonishing, and prove that…

hoodies are “up to no good.” He continues in the second paragraph to call the phrase superpredator “demonizing”, defining urban youth as “i.e. black and brown”, and stating that the new wave of laws following the term were designed to “prosecute children as adults”. Many of the statements Drizin references Zimmerman using in his call with the police dispatcher are also politically and/or emotionally charged. For instance, Zimmerman states that Trayvon “looked like he was on drugs” and when…

Something that I felt was very insightful was Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, which analysees how we experience reality through signs and symbols and that because we use signs and symbols so heavily, our experience in life can be viewed as a simulation of reality. [Baudrillard, 1981]. In the Oxford English Dictionary, simulation is defined as "the action or practice of simulating, with an intent to deceive." In comparison simulacrum is defined as "a material image, made as a…

we have had to evolve to our current condition, but we also must be able to evolve from it. While the genetic differences between chimpanzees and human beings are very small, their effects are drastic and extremely significant. In the cases of feral children and extreme cultural differences, it is difficult to see a universal condition of humanity. I argue that human nature is not a fixed set of universal traits but instead a malleable universal aptitude. While…

Constant flowing force “Tick Tock,” time is an everlasting, yet a constant flowing force. Imagine being a weak, ten-year-old African American boy, who is on a mission to find his father in a time where your race isn’t respected and your whole country is in a depression. The story “Bud, Not Buddy” would be a different story if written in modern area because Bud’s mom would still be living, he would have been caught when he ran away, he would have been forced into an education, and modern day…

In 1970, a 13-year-old girl was rescued from her Los Angeles home by the child welfare authorities. The girl, who was later given a pseudonym Genie, had suffered from extreme abuse, neglect and social isolation from her family. She had been kept in a closed bedroom without being spoken to, listening to radios, or watching TV for almost 11 years. She had “ acquired virtually no language” (Piper p66) when she was first found. Following her rescue, Genie had undergone extensive training,…

The Problem of Animal Cruelty In March 2015, a cat was found with electrical tape tying his legs together. This instance of animal abuse occurred in Regina, Saskatchewan; a place we call home. Bruce Almighty had sustained many injuries to his legs, including tissue loss and the loss of eight toes. He endured many painful surgeries and had a long rehabilitation process. Abuse and neglect of animals is a large issue that happens every day around the world. It happens in your country, your…