Social capital

It all started when my dad gave me his favorite childhood story book. It was a Persian fairy tale about a guy who could be whatever he desired. And from that day on, began my journey of dreaming. I dreamt of things every kid in school dreams of - ranging from being an astronaut to being the coolest kid in college. A few years down the line, with an engineering degree in my bag, I got into Schlumberger. And this is what changed my life. No, I did not stop dreaming. Rather, I backed it with…

often moral because of said religion. For Christians, they act morally because of the promise of Heaven, and they refrain from acting immorally because of the threat of Hell. More specifically, I was attracted to the relationship between religion and capital punishment. Despite most major Christian denominations actively opposing the death penalty, approximately 80% of Christians support it. This seems conflicting to me. Why do some, if not most, Christians arguably follow their churches blindly…

When ethics and the law begin to mix, things start to get messy. In life ethics are a part of your moral compass; they are what you live by and they tell you what’s right from wrong. Currently in my city, there is a scandal going on that involves ethics and legality. Our district attorney, John Budelmann, was found to be withholding information from certain drug cases. As a prosecutor, you must provide the criminals with all evidence that they can use for their defense. Although if the…

The poem’s author seems to be against capital punishments because he implies that if we were all in an “electrical storm…” (107), and “a lightning would eventually strike us” (108). We would not know for which of our “sins” (109) we would die. In other words, the author of the poem is saying that capital punishment is a worthless act, because it does not benefit the executer or us in any positive way. The author also said…

external conflict and throughout the development of each story must overcome an obstacle. What is interesting about the story is that through the author’s view of the execution it is the turning point which gave him the inspiration to say he is against capital punishment and tell the tale.…

During the 19th century, France had their own version of the famous Britain serial killer Jack the Ripper, and his name was Joseph Vacher. Joseph Vacher killed twice as many innocent people then Jack the Ripper. The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and The Birth of Forensic Science, written by Douglas Starr gives the story of Joseph Vacher’s life and the brutal crimes he committed. Starr also introduces the criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne, for whom he gives credits to for the…

The first installment of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy hit book shelves in 1981. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is about a guy named George Flint. He wants liver, but his wife eats all the liver one by one while she cooks it. So she goes to the church and steals a woman’s liver. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is not beneficial for children because it has graphic details, it’s too violent, and is way too scary for children. To begin, Scary stories to tell in the dark is not…

Question: Why were people court martialed during the war? At the end of the novel Private Peaceful written by Michael Morpurgo, Thomas Peaceful's brother, Charlie, is trialed and sentenced to a firing squad for insubordination and cowardice while in the readers eyes he is a hero. This sparked my interest in why people were court martialed and what for. During World War One, hundreds of men were court martialed for reasons that are very questionable in today’s society. These consisted of…

The University of Chicago realized that most crimes occurred when there was a change in the environment hence the word social disorganization. The next one is anomie theory. Schmalleger states that anomie is the condition of normalness and a disjunction between approved goals and means (90). Robert Merton categorized five types of people in a community. The conformists accept…

Social amnesia and a reluctance to include the narratives of lynching in historical discourse has ensured that the trauma caused by these events still lingers in African American communities. The lack of public acknowledgement has proliferated the trauma…