Indoctrination

Emily Villegas Ms. Apperson English 1A September 24, 2017 True Intentions It’s difficult to understand the reasons why somebody does something. Trusting that person’s intentions is just about all we’d be able to do about it. As Rebecca Skloot continued her journey throughout a story she was breaking down, the story she wrote named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, she said many things about herself that really gave the reader a pretty good perspective of who she is. Skloot is the is the…

“The Christian and the Secularist hold different beliefs about the universe. They can’t both be right. The one who is wrong will act in a way which simply doesn’t fit the real universe.” Elaboration- C. S. Lewis one of the most renowned theologians of time, made this statement about only one belief system truly making sense. In Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain, is written as a conversation between Freud and Lewis about their theologies and the arguments for their respective viewpoint.…

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Cultures from all across the globe differ by the types of government from which they’re lead by. One prime example of this can be seen in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, where young Marjane grows up watching her beloved, modernized homeland get converted into a traditionalist Theocracy during the Iranian Revolution. This abrupt change in culture shows just how much influence the government has on culture in general. Throughout Marjane’s life several different aspects of the Iranian culture were…

This can be the result of indoctrination, a governmental system used to mold the minds of citizens so they believe what the government wants them to believe. This shows, in a way, racism between countries, like Germany against France. In All Quiet, Paul had killed a French soldier, and…

In the article, dyer starts off by talking about basic training. Basic training is a way of physical and mental manipulation. In the article she describes that “basic training involves a brief but intense period of intense period of indoctrination whose purpose i not really to teach the recruits basic military skills, but rather to change their values and their loyalties” (Dyer 1985). In basic training, the recruits are somewhat brainwashed. They are beaten down mentally and put through…

The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of a Conversation by Michael Schwalbe reviews what is meant by the sociological perspective or, as he calls it, being “sociologically mindful.” Explaining that the sociological perspective involves paying attention to social life and looking at the world from multiple points of view in order to appreciate the uniqueness of others and to ensure that everyone has access to the “good life,” Schwalbe opens by stating “If you would like a written portrait of…

can use to benefit their needs. Sometimes, people use history as an excuse to do things that would not normally be considered as the right thing to do. They use history to their advantage in order to achieved want they want to achieve. It is an indoctrination of a sort in which people will find comfort in believing what they want to believe and pass on that view of history to their descendants. However, history is interpreted differently and perspectives are changed as each generation…

Dear Senator Pat Toomey, Hello, my name is Jessica Jung and I am from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I attend Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, where we are required to take American Studies as a class in ninth grade. Recently we have started discussing the Holocaust, along with genocide and its multitude of negative effects. Genocide is a process that is established in ten stages that are easy to foretell, but not inexorable. The first stage is classification where people are distinguished…

It is easy to slip into a habit of ignorance. Biased sources, familiar opinions, and contrived “facts” make an idea easy to believe. People can be controlled through different tactics like massive propaganda, leader glorification, and perpetual war. Today, countries like North Korea are forced into states of orthodoxy--blind acceptance of a norm. Those in power work to perpetuate their holds on a people: power to perpetuate power. The world portrayed In 1984 by George Orwell plays off this power…