In Maalouf’s Samarkand, violence culminated public life, whereby the public condemned liberal thought. Violence served to prevent people from against the socially accepted way of life. The authority, including the public condemned Omar Al Khayyam, and subsequent labeled him an infidel because, in his Rubaiyat ridiculed Islamic faith. In Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk explores the theme of violence through chaotic events. One of these events is fighting. Men like Taylor, and The men who take part in fight club, they believed fighting brought them together as men. Although fighting is a violent activity, it brought men together. In both contexts, violence served as a means of achieving social order. The two books present violence in …show more content…
During the first fight club meeting, Tyler says, “The first rule about fight club is you don’t talk about fight club,” “The second rule about fight club,” Tyler yells, “Is you don’t talk about fight club” (34). The move by Tyler to propose some rules shows that the people who engaged in rule had to comply with the rules, which points to the need for creating social order. Anyone who went against the rules of Fight Club was liable to violence. Violence was a reflection of identity for the people living in Samarkand. To date, societies continue to uphold certain cultural elements, which define the identity of its people. One of the things that have contributed to the difference in culture is civilization, which set out at different times in the world. Samarkand, where most of the population is Muslims, is symbolic of the Muslim countries, where civilization set in a bit late, and still, these countries are yet to have an open mind about civilization. In most countries in the Muslim regions, culture is strongly ingrained to people’s identity. In these societies, violence is a practice that forms part of the cultural elements, defining the identity of
A simple act of violence can genuinely affect an individual's state of mind. Through violence, individuals feel empowered and are tempted to prolong their violent nature. This results in one heinous act, following with worse violence. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of A Boy Soldier, both authors effectively highlight a theme, that violence will ultimately lead to more violence.
Violence is a terrible thing, but is also essential in life. Without violence, there would be no such thing as reality, and no such person a real person. We walk in a world of two types of people: real and unreal. The real people have seen and experienced violence. They no longer see the world through eyes that see the wonderful and the paradise, but rather through eyes that “might never see it right again.
How The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Conveys that Violence is Not the Answer to conflict Violence doesn't solve conflict, but instead creates more. This is the case in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This point is developed when Ponyboy runs away due to some violence that occured at his household, Johnny killing Bob, and Johnny dying.
As Beatty burned, Montag not only resolved his issue, but also showed the other fireman his right to be valued. Therefore, in the face of a problem, people should have the freedom to seek a valid solution. Many times, that solution is violence; violence is simple, only requiring one to act. Furthermore, it causes an immediate change. However, even though using violence may make a situation seem better, rebellion
‘Take a look at yourself in the mirror over there’. . . see what I mean. Violence - all violence, a sour full of violence. You’re going around with a bomb in your pocket’” (110).
In 1939, the world was plunged into World War II. This happened as a result of Germany remilitarizing the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles in the process, leaders in Europe assuming power through intimidation and creating laws depriving citizens of basic civil rights, German expansion into other areas of Europe, an attempt to appease Germany through the Munich Agreement, and political and economic instability in the major European countries. This conflict brought up appeasement and collective security, both of which were used before the war in an attempt to prevent it, as responses to aggression. Of the two, collective security is the most effective response to aggression because it has a great chance of ensuring the maintenance
However, despite being “unsure of their futures, with nowhere to direct their anger and no one to assuage their fears” (GEN X – SITE SOURCE), the characteristic of Generation X which really draws parallels to Palahniuk’s novel is the high divorce rate of the time. The impact of an influential feminized society is yet again bolstered by the norm of a woman being in complete control as a result of fathers leaving the household. In the novel, Jack mentions his absent father, and thus begins seeing a father figure in Tyler after having lacked strong male models whilst growing up. To the cohort of members in Fight Club feeling effeminate as a result, Tyler concludes that they are a “generation of men raised by women” (PAGE), further nourishing the men’s desire to fight and express their wrath to regain their identities. Due to their upbringing, the men in Fight Club lack a masculine portrayal, and hence idealize Tyler as the sole example of what masculinity should be.
Often times, mindless conformity leads to senseless violence that could have been avoided with just a little more thought. In order to justify hateful and exclusive acts, the actions of people in minorities are often taken
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NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) is one of the most watched programs on television where people are ripping at each other to compete for money. People around the world seem to enjoy violence. Writer’s use violence in their pieces to draw outsiders in because there is a common interest, which is violence in this case. The principal characters in the short story’s “Thank you, M’am”, “Harrison Bergeron”, and “The Cask of Amontillado” show a universal flaw. Violence is common in the personalities of the leading characters in these short stories.
As Holmes would describe symbolic violence in his ethnography as “symbolic violence works through the perceptions of the ‘dominating’ and the ‘dominated’ (in Bourdieu’s words), while it tends to benefit
For decades now, the controversy over deadly force has continued to show up in the news when police officers have acted in a manner that some citizens find just while others deem completely unfair. Many lawsuits stemming from shootings and crimes have found their way to local courts or the Supreme Court to deal with this issue. A portion of the U.S. population finds deadly force unnecessary when non-lethal weapons such as pepper spray or batons just as easily subdue the criminal. In addition, these citizens argue that officers might be liable for cases filed against them if they use excess force on people that seem suspicious but have not actually committed a crime. On the other hand, the opposing argument in favor of deadly force states that
Violence was much more powerful than we imagine not only because it led tremendous dis- aster, but also due to the deep impact on individuals. In the book of the Outsiders, the violence of Johnny’s family, the other greasers, and their opposing gangs, the Socials, strongly affected Johnny. The Violence of Johnny’s family impacts Johny’s natural instincts, which means that some of his characteristics were already fixed since he was born, and influenced him in daily life. Johnny grew up in a family without care, love, and understanding.
Springer (2009) believes that violence is a gross stereotype which is associated with the depiction of the culture in the context of 'war in terror '. African, Asian and Islamic cultures are said to be highly violent. Thus, any discourse that suggests violence should be viewed as contextually specific, because it is bound to particular places in which the culture of violence is formed. Therefore,
The violent conflict approach is defined through coercion, threats, and destructive assaults. Galtung’s, model suggests that each of these components influence one another, and while each