Silence

“The Blue Wall Of Silence”. “The Blue Wall Of Silence” is unwritten code among police officers that they are not to report their fellow officers. Officers that do not follow this code are then excommunicated from the department, so to speak, and lose everything that they’ve worked so hard to achieve. They are labeled as snitches and are no longer welcome within a department; upper management can even punish officers leading to officers not wanting to break The Blue Wall Of Silence and not…

Antonija Kaleb English 1101: Summary Instructor: Jamila Barton October 13, 2017 A Summary of Shattered Silence In his video lecture, Shattered Silence, Latif (2011) talks about his experiences of being a Muslim in New York City on and after 9/11. Latif (2011) starts his lecture by a short story of his first trip to Pakistan. Although his parents were born in Pakistan, he himself wasn’t, and on his first visit to his parents’ country, he looked as strangely dressed American child walking on…

differently in each culture (classroom notes 10-13). In Shusaku Endo’s book, Silence, inculturation is demonstrated differently in the two cultures of Portugal and Japan. Because of religious freedom, the Portuguese lived a more transmitting culture of the Gospel. Given the country’s state in the 1500’s, they were able to spread…

In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel employs the motif of silence to illustrate the central idea that the true horror of the holocaust is not just what the Nazi’s did, but the behavior that they approved of, as people dehumanized one another with silence, hate and violence. The story begins with Elie Wiesel, the narrator, studying Jewish books in his Hungarian hometown. In 1944, the Nazis occupy Hungary and start taking repressive measures against the Jewish people. This quickly turns into…

The Blue wall of silence and the way police culture adapts to covering for each other under any means necessary is a longstanding tradition. The subculture that is raised in the police force of the unwritten rules is almost criminal. There are common sayings like there is not anyone who likes a snitch and things of that nature that holds even as adults. The police force relies heavily on rather you can trust the others around you when difficult situations arise. It is imperative to avoid…

According with Clint Smith's he sees the consequences of silence manifest themselves in the form of discrimination, violence, genocide and war. This is a true statement since Silent in times means to accept what is happening around us. Our voice matter, so if we want to say something we should not be afraid of what others think, because the purpose of life it’s not to be in silent, it’s to be useful for others. We have to go out and make things happen, and speak up for ourselves. Smith’s felt…

The Intergenerational Sounds of Silence: Denial, Dysfunction, and Healing in David Small’s Stitches and My Life David Small’s Stitches is an acclaimed graphic memoir that reflects the intergenerational effects of denial, silence, and repression in a young boy’s life. The dysfunction of my own family goes back generations, and is inextricably linked to the ways in which my parents and their parents and their parents’ parents grew up: in a world rife with unchecked anger, manipulation and denial…

Scientifically, silence is no more than merely a lack of sound. An environment and all it possesses are delicately harmonic, radiating a simply serene aura. On the other hand, silence is much more complicated as it impacts human expression and stability. When one is forced into silence, there can be evidence of imprisonment, torment, and intellectual change. In Night written by Elie Wiesel, the story of his experience during the Holocaust, silence is given an entirely new definition. Wiesel…

demonstrates silence, is just as dangerous as speaking out. In chapter five, Elie is being transferred to a new Kommando and they are beginning a selection. Elie observes the old men and thought, "The old men stayed in their corner, silent, motionless, hunted-down creatures. Some were praying. One more hour. Then we would know the verdict: death or reprieve" (Wiesel 70). The older men, who can't work, are scared because they don't want to be selected to die. They are just sitting in silence to…

Silence plays a significant role in Adichie’s novel “Purple Hibiscus” this is prevalent through the relationship Kambili has with her immediate and extended family. Throughout the novel one can identify how kambilis relationship with her family develops, when this occurs one notices the function that silence has, this in turn represents the maturity and the development of character through the use of language and the different forms silence. At the beginning of the novel silence represents…