Numb

then taken and enslaved to work the land and die of disease. Arn’s torture is changed however when he volunteers to be part of the Khmer Rouge’s musical group, where he meets friends that will help him while he strives to survive the war and stay numb to the killing. Throughout…

only his dog in the bitter cold. One way he was erratic in his decision was even when it was gloomy, bitter, numbing cold, the man is not worried. How could you not be worried if your hands/feet are numb? Everybody and I probably agree. Almost his whole body is becoming numb, but he fails to realize the seriousness of what he got into. He knows that his fingers and face…

that first he was going to numb my gums before he took the tooth out of my mouth. The only problem was that I did not realize that he was going to numb my gums by sticking a needle into my gums and applying the numbing medication that way. Well back then I was deathly afraid of needles that I would not let anyone who had one near me at all. The poor guy did not know what was coming to him. It took about two people to pin me down so that he could give me a shot to numb the side of my face. The…

smothering effect, and presently I, your faithful hater, your devoted Conscience, go sound asleep!" This scene is interesting partially because the narrator’s behavior is reflective of how man’s conscience works in reality. How does one’s conscience become numb in the first place? The narrator’s conscience is an agent “appointed by authority” that improves…

this world, I sit there, as my frame remains silent of motion, and feeling psychologically numb, filled with an indescribable sort of pain. As a victim of an untreated disorder, with a distorted mindset, I lay famished and in a mental agony, nowhere near a romantic acceptance. No music, nor any type or sound was to be heard and no writers commemorated this sort of numbness in their work. The world was numb; no feeling whatsoever and I was nothing more than a lifeless shell, hoping that a change…

his journey made that not possible. Soon after, three foot of snow had fallen but despite the extreme cold temperatures, he wasn’t too worried about the weather yet. He didn’t realize how serious the situation he was in was, his face and fingers were numb, but as the story goes on he worries more and more about his possibility of survival. The mans only companion is his dog, the dog is cold and scared just like he is. By ten, he thinks his journey is going relatively good so he decides to stop…

and convulsed. Oxygen depleted from my lungs as the smoke quickly drew in to replace it. The blazing inferno roared in my ears -- over my piercing screams -- demanding that it be heard. I could feel the intensifying heat, but I was numb to the imminent burns; I was numb to everything. The sky began to blacken, as did my perception. I embraced the gradual darkness with open arms; it replaced the anguish with soothing nothingness. I awoke to barrenness and smoky tendrils idly floating away into…

excitement. Their feelings are taken away with pills and their life is ended with a shot. The community in The Giver by Lois Lowry, is different from ours today, the planet knows about pain, and memories, they don't. The community Jonas lives in is numb, they can’t feel. They have no pain, and no love. As an example to the story, Jonas’ dad killed a baby and said, “bye-bye, little guy” and put the body, which was in a container, in a chute and gave it a shove.(Page 188) The community also…

with a British nurse, named Catherine. But, it seemed like everything that he had in his life eventually turned into something that would hurt him. The war and loss that shaped the development of Henry’s character showed how misfortune and trauma can numb someone. The war made the soldiers feel hopeless and drove them to do immoral things. They felt that the war was endless and that they were insignificant. Numerous times, Henry said that he felt like he had no reason…

rights violations as Catherine Mackinnon states in Rape, Genocide, and Women’s Human Rights, can lead to slowly changing our global society about views and treatment of women. As Susan Sontag asserts in Regarding the Pain of Others, we attempt to “numb” ourselves to images of suffering in order to curb fear and anxiety. However, that also “steel[s]” us against feeling compassion. Compassion is needed to take action and to not only help the victims of human trafficking and other disasters, but it…