General Strain Theory and John Wayne Gacy Mandy Feldbauer Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania General Strain Theory and John Wayne Gacy There are many ways that criminological theories can explain the criminal behaviors of serial killers and other types of criminals. There are also plenty of theories and an abundance of criminals. For every criminal, there has to be some theory that could explain his or her behaviors in some way. This is especially true for the serial killer, John Wayne Gacy. General Strain Theory can clearly explain some of his behaviors.
Combat is one of those incidents, where the best and the worst of people will be shown. The effects from combat could last minutes to a lifetime and will define people for the rest of their lives. To overcome the effects, people must have coping mechanisms. In the book, The Things They Carried, a platoon of soldiers is followed in their quest to survive the Vietnam War. The soldiers developed coping mechanisms to deal with stress so they can function normally and survive the war.
Resentment can easily lead to accusation, and can cause one’s children to make false
Guilt and shame are invisible forces that bind us to what if’s, and keeps us from pursuing life in a carefree manner. If we so feel that we are choosing the path that’s wrong for us even if it is what we believe is best, guilt will be there to pull us back into our place and shame will follow to remind us of our mistakes. Tim O’Brien, from the short story “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien, essentially succumbs to the guilt he feels from attempting a flee to Canada in order to avoid the Vietnam War, and the consequence of feeling shame that arises from that. Family often plays a significant role in the way we live our lives. It is not uncommon that even as grown adults we will revolve our own decisions based on the ones around us and how they would feel about our actions.
It’s funny to think that shame could be a worse punishment than death or prison, but it’s quite true. Our nation is over 200 years old and we are heavily influenced by those who originally came to the new world, the Puritans. Puritan society was the foundation for many things, punishment being no exception and shame as a method of it included. Through the analyzation of literature and media, we can see just how much the Puritans influenced and continues to influence our modern day society.
Brene Brown once said “Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough”. The writer, Tim O’Brien, also the narrator, and his fellow soldiers often struggle while at war. A big struggle most of them face is the feeling of fear and shame. They think a lot about the deeper meaning of doing what they are doing, and what should have been.
The Resilience Of The Human Spirit Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx with an aptness for basketball and a gift of writing. While always a C student, he scores very highly on the state’s standardized tests, and this comes to the attention of a well-distinguished New York preparatory school. A small mishap leads Jamal to the eccentric, uneasy, Pulitzer-winning author, William Forrester who has locked himself away in his apartment for many years. The start of their relationship is hostile and apprehensive at first because of Jamal’s social and racial background and Forrester’s age, but eventually Forrester begins to teach Jamal a thing or two about writing. This unexpected friendship leads William to overcome
The novel "Thing's fall apart" by Chinua Achebe is a complex work that masterfully establishes and develops characters through their experience with cultural collision. The way that Achebe accomplishes carefully weaving his implicit claim throughout the work is such a beautiful subtlety that it deserves to be analyzed. The Igbo's pride is constantly challenged by the colonizers as they gain increasingly more power in Africa. The idea of pride is constantly developed throughout the thoughts and actions of the novels protagonist Okonkwo. His response to the colonizers is influenced by his own views on pride and is used by Achebe to illustrate his own opinion on pride.
The determination to live comes from human nature. But the urge of giving up when we come across a difficult problem is also a part of human nature. There a few people in this world that have the characteristics of resilience. As author Kendra Cherry describes them, "People that are able to keep their cool have what psychologists call resilience, or an ability to cope with problems and setbacks" (Source A; Cherry, 1). An example of someone who has the characteristics of resilience is a bombardier name Louis (Louie) Zamperini.
A human’s emotions can be their greatest ally or worst enemy. Positive emotions such as desire and satisfaction primarily assume the role of motivation within a person. However, negative emotions possess an even greater motivational impact due to their ability to drive a person beyond their personal limits. For example, shame is a devastating emotion that causes feelings of inadequacy and failure. As a result, people strive to prevent shame to themselves and others at all costs.
Everyone has, or will, experience shame and a feeling of strong dislike or hate. In the autobiography “Shame” by Dick Gregory, he relates back to his childhood when he first experienced these feelings. Imagine being as young as seven and going through an experience that would leave you ashamed of everything about yourself. Imagine being this young, and being left feeling less than others and believing you always need to prove yourself for others so you can break away from the shame. In Gregory’s autobiography he uses diction, language, syntax, and imagery in order to create a frustrated tone to express what being put to shame felt like.
To better understand the cause of intimate violence will help to come up will help come up with a better solution on solving this problem. There are various theories that have come up to explain the main causes of domestic violence, some include; learned helplessness theory, Intergenerational Transmission Theory, Social–Psychological Model and the feminist theory. All of these theories have tried to illustrate the causes of domestic violence. In this paper, I will target my writing on the feminist theory where it emphasizes power and gender inequalities in relationships. The theory focuses on how societal messages that makes it alright for a male to use aggression and violence, and the gender roles that dictate how women and men should act in their relationships
Shame comes in many forms depending on the person, everyone handles it differently. A lot of people confuse shame with guilt… Guilt and shame are not the same, guilt is when you make a mistake and feel bad because of it. Shame is when you feel
Do you remember in primary school being taught about the simple characteristics of people and places? Do you remember how you never understood them until you grew older? Exactly, the importance of one’s characteristics is never actually understood until you grow older. Each person has his or her own unique attributes. On a day-to-day basis we encounter people who possess the attributes of greed or pride.
According to this theory individuals experience negative reactions and emotions, especially anger, when they are treated unjustly. Individuals who experience physical/emotional abuse, maltreatment, rejection and/or anger are more likely to
