Social capital

Does crime really pay? Why do people do wrong things to get what they want? Everyone has wanted something and if they don't get it, they turn to the wrong thing. The short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief ” written by O. Henry shows how two grown men kidnapped a Red Chief for money. The two criminals, Bill and Sam, had a hard time with Red Chief as the kid would torcher the two criminals by throwing rocks at them. Red Chief was a pre-adolescent that was not taught whats right from wrong. The…

One of the most famous and notorious doctors who started assisted suicide was Jack Kevorkian (Jack Kevorkian Biography). Jack Kevorkian was a pathologist who helped patients with certain medical conditions die. In a result of his actions Jack Kevorkian ended up spending eight years in prison (Jack Kevorkian Biography). Jack Kevorkian only ended up in prison after years of conflict with the court system about how ethical his actions were. Jack Kevorkian grew up in a very strict Christian home,…

“You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something.” -Macklemore To speak out against it. To Kill a Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men are both very similar because of their reasons and purpose. The authors were compelled to do something. That thing that they decided to do was write about it. They both agree on their points about judgement and injustice. These stories have a main point of racism which are shown to be very important throughout. Both Harper Lee’s…

In the book “Ordinary Injustice” by Amy Bach, chapter four titled “Show Trial”, describes a number of different cases showing wrongful convictions being processed through the criminal justice system based off of false confessions. In Chicago, there was a nine-year-old girl named Lisa Cabassa was found raped and killed in the back of an alley a couple miles from her home. Two months after the rape and murder of Lisa, a witness named Judy called the police to give her testimony on the crime. Her…

Good, Evil, and Human Dignity in the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird Human Dignity is defined as the personal quality of being worthy of honor. It is an individual or group's sense of self-respect and self-worth, physical and psychological integrity, and empowerment. All people have the need, even if it is very small, to have dignity. It doesn’t matter if they are good or evil people, they all feel the need. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she demonstrates how Tom Robinson,…

In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, villagers of a small town gather together on a beautiful day for the annual town lottery. This lottery requires that all the members of the community draw sheets of paper to determine a “winner”. The person who pulls the card with the black dot is the “winner”. The winner of this lottery ends up being stoned to death by the entire community due to an ancient ritual that says their crops will grow better when someone gets stoned (human sacrifice)…

The Fate of Tessie Hutchinson The term lottery creates a vision of winning something of value. In the short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, Jackson took the meaning of the lottery and put a dark twist to it. Jackson gives an everyday feel to the story as if the annual ceremony “the lottery” is a peaceful day for the townspeople. The reader infers that this is a positive outcome based on society’s understanding of what a lottery is; however, the lottery takes an unforeseen twist that…

In this paper, I argue that Euthyphro’s defense of his view that his father is guilty of murder is not cogent. I will first present the argument that Euthyphro’s claim against his father is mainly rooted in circumstantial beliefs that can easily be disputed. Secondly, I will prove that Euthyphro is too unreliable of a source for the cogency of his sole account to be convincing. And lastly, I will argue that Euthyphro’s main reason for prosecuting his father does not have to do with his own moral…

When discussing his popular work the Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens explains the main theme that “Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself” (Dickens). Death and oppression often go together, with oppression resulting in death or death resulting in oppression. However, they differ in that death can result in something positive, such as the life of another person being saved while oppression only results in more oppression. Specifically, in The Tale of Two…

Vlad the Impaler and H H Holmes had the same tactics but were not the same person. Vlad the Impaler was someone who impaled people, and H H Holmes was someone who was a thief, committed a bunch of frauds, and he was also a murderer. The reasons that I think Vlad the Impaler and H H Holmes had the same tactics but were not the same person is because Vlad the Impaler had a dark childhood but H H Holmes was a privileged child and was very intelligent, Vlad the Impaler impaled people while H H…