Brainwashed

Hitler basically brainwashed every single one of the people that thought jews were terrible people. He told them that they don’t deserve to be in this world. He said that they weren’t real humans because of their religion. Their religion didn’t mean anything to him because…

shattered when she acquires a detested Canadian stepfather, exclusively referred to as Moron, and when he and her mum succumb to a group she describes as a cult. For the girl, it is the start of a vain struggle to hang on to a mother she feels has been brainwashed.…

wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten, his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.” (Lee 13). The kids would also hear stories about Boo from adults who almost brainwashed the younger generation to have the same views of Boo to them, just a little less imaginative. Not only are the kids frightened of Boo, but there is also an unusual longing to connect with him through their obsession with him. Once the Tom…

feel wanted, they join these terrorist groups to be a part of something, regardless of their beliefs. Once they join in, they are made to believe others things. Some question whether those individuals were mentally ill, as many thought, or easily brainwashed to follow the directions of another, by promises of becoming a martyr, family will be financially secure, and their place in afterlife will be secured by their acts. "Further, research suggests that the universal principles of psychology…

The Need to Ask Why In “Harrison Bergeron” Vonnegut uses the character Hazel to show that if people cannot question people and concepts then they will blindly follow any figure of authority. When Hazel is watching the ballerinas on the television, and her husband George hears a noise in his ear radio from questioning the dancers’ handicaps: “Hazel saw him wince. Having no mental handicap herself, she had to ask George what the latest sound had been” (Vonnegut 1). Hazel does not have the ability…

A modern day dilemma that compares to the Salem Witch Trials is the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust happened roughly 250 years after the Salem Witch Trials, the events significantly resemble each other in a way of mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is also defined as an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized as a sudden outburst of laughing or crying. In the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials, the leaders were ridding people of the “inferior race”. Many people say that…

and the Shepherdson. They've had a hard-core feud going on for about thirty years and each family is intent on killing off the other, one by one, until no one is left standing. Even Buck Grangerford, a boy around Huck's age, is so consumed and brainwashed with violence that he actually enjoys to play tricks. It ends very tragically. Buck explains the meaning of feuds: "By and by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud" (Twain 18). Buck is killed in a battle near the end of the time…

I remember numerous accounts throughout grade school when the teacher would need assistance moving something heavy. Without a doubt that wretched, infamous phrase would seep from my teachers mouth. "Can any strong boys help me carry these?" At first, I accepted it after having gender roles shoved down my throat for most of my life. But more recently, as I've grown into who I am today, I wish I challenged my teachers whenever they'd say this. Why is it that they only wanted the boys? Did they see…

Alien Attack from the Interspace Response Nothing unites humans like a common enemy, but how much are we willing to sacrifice in exchange for unity? Alien Attack from the Interspace depicts a society united in paranoia due to an alien invasion, orchestrated by their dying president. The dystopian nature of this society is made evident by director Alessio Gonnella following a number of dystopian conventions, while defying others. The blatant abuse of propaganda by the president to control his…

Residential schools refer to a governmental system that is operated to care and educate aboriginal children in Canada. The majority of students in residential schools are aged under 16 years old, so they are easier to manipulate with the commands of teachers than adults. Although the schools’ primary objective of civilizing First Nations children seems to be implemented in a good manner, they are actually depriving those young people of their human rights. The government of Canada holds the…