The Asylum

with asylums, where doctors and nurses indulged in cruel behavior toward the patients, experimenting with inhumane methods of subduing the insane with lobotomy and electroconvulsive therapy. But is this picture painted by the horror movies entirely accurate? During the colonial times, ‘distracted persons’ were a responsibility of their families. While it was somewhat common to lock or chain them up somewhere in the house, it was hardly due to the cruel nature…

Robert and Nancy were in an insane asylum. Robert was messed up in the head and Nancy thought she was a witch. On Halloween day the asylum had a dress up party and the theme was an old time circus. They had been trying to figure a way to get out of the asylum and thought this would be a perfect way to get out. They had decided that robert was gonna be a clown and that Nancy was someone who set up the props and stage for Robert. The party was later that day so they planned on what they were…

Nightmare in the Asylum “C’mon guys it will be so much fun. How many times have you been able to say that you’ve been inside an abandoned insane asylum?” Chase said. It was the night before Halloween and all was at ease, but little did the teens know what was in store for them in the hours to come. “You’ve heard the rumors about that place. There’s no way I’m stepping foot into that asylum,” Rebecca stated. “What rumor are you talking about?” questioned Logan as he walked into the room with…

Asylum Seekers As a member of the Human Rights summit, it is obvious that Australia is failing to uphold the high standards required for the treatment of asylum seekers. The evidence clearly demonstrates that Australia is in breach of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is totally unacceptable and must be altered immediately. The United Nations define asylum seekers as a person who is outside their own country and is unwilling to return due to a well-founded fear of…

the Nauruan government intends to process the refugee claims of 600 asylum seekers within a week. Furthermore, the Australian Government Policy is trying to stop the boat people from entering into Australia by sending asylum seekers to places like Nauru. This is a current issue that has been generating a lot of debates amongst Australians. Today we will be talking to Anika Tukara an Asylum seeker advocate who works with Asylum seeker resource centre. Please give a round of applause and welcome…

Statement of intent I decided to do a opinion piece on the contemporary social issue of asylum seeker, and or the closure of Manus Island. The purpose of my piece was to inform the reader about the situation on Manus Island and to persuade the reader that legitimate refugees who were held on Manus Island deserve to be granted asylum. The intended target audience is young adults, 19-30 years old. As they will one day be the leaders in our society and actually have the power to create change one…

The Insanity of Insane Asylums Mental institutions have always had a taboo outlook of public opinion and are subject to tacky horror movie plots, scary stories, and fears among the public; but with good reason. Within the 1950’s and 1960’s the amount of admitted persons in mental institutions reached its peak at 560,000 patients. As we look to the so called “treatments” of the time they are borderline medieval torture-not even considering the absurd and outrageous facilities that the patients…

In “The Framing of Immigration,” George Lakoff and Sam Ferguson claim that issue defining framing is narrowing, particularly in the case of immigration reform. Immigration reform, they claim, is a complex issue whose simple frame ignores security, economic, and social concerns. The authors organizes their claims through the use of specific subclaims, counter arguments, reasons, and evidence. The first subclaim Lakoff and Ferguson mention is that security concern is at the center of the…

It was fall of 2003 Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was a therapist for Jack Nicholson also known as the Joker. So on January 2nd Joker and Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel were talking about Batman. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to fall in love with the Joker. Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel started to realize that Batman stopped making Joker happy. So she thought it was wrong that she was falling in love with the Joker, but she loved him and she thought that Joker loved her too. So on January 6th…

Research Question: “How has Australia protected human rights of asylum seekers in Immigration detention centers?” My Research Project was motivated by a movie screening I had attended during Refugee Week. The film viewed was “Mary meets Mohammad” (2013), which documented the commencement of Tasmania’s first Immigration detention Centre in 2011. From this involvement I was inquisitive as to how alacritous Australia’s society is in supporting asylum seekers and refugees. Having limited prior…