Her neighbors lack of empathy led to the death of Kitty Genovese. For this assignment, we read many articles on who Kitty Genovese was and read about her death in the 1960’s. Then we had to do another assignment on a letter to the bystanders as if we were one of her loved ones. In this letter, I felt empathy and sympathy toward Kitty Genovese and I played as her angry sister. In my letter, I stated, “ Right now I see you as bad as the murderer because you technically ALSO killed her. If you did something, she probably would not even be gone.’’ When I included this, I stated this to show who these bystanders and what these bystanders actually stand for. Everything I wrote showed how I put myself in Kitty Genovese’s shoes. I confronted the neighbors who lacked empathy during this situation. If the neighbors knew how much pain Kitty Genovese felt and how much help she was in need of, they would have made a movement of
Her neighbors lack of empathy led to the death of Kitty Genovese. For this assignment, we read many articles on who Kitty Genovese was and read about her death in the 1960’s. Then we had to do another assignment on a letter to the bystanders as if we were one of her loved ones. In this letter, I felt empathy and sympathy toward Kitty Genovese and I played as her angry sister. In my letter, I stated, “ Right now I see you as bad as the murderer because you technically ALSO killed her. If you did something, she probably would not even be gone.’’ When I included this, I stated this to show who these bystanders and what these bystanders actually stand for. Everything I wrote showed how I put myself in Kitty Genovese’s shoes. I confronted the neighbors who lacked empathy during this situation. If the neighbors knew how much pain Kitty Genovese felt and how much help she was in need of, they would have made a movement of