Dr. Sweitz's Presentation On The Mind Of Killers And Death

There were various different speakers from all kinds of backgrounds that came to speak to us during the semester. Each individual had their own unique way of viewing the ideas of death and dying depending on what profession they were in. it was interesting to see all the different ways that death has been thought about and portrayed over the years. The whole experience allowed me to see things differently depending on the way that each person saw the subject. On top of bringing in their specialties each speaker also brought their personalities to the guest lecture as well and it was so invigorating to see so much love and passion from these speakers. They brought their own brand of enthusiasm to the class and showed just how death can fit into

Sweitzer and her presentation on the mind of killers and death. This was quite a wild class period and will probably be stuck in my head for the next six months because it was not a traditional way of presenting and idea. The way she approached how people, mainly serial killers, go about causing death was fascinating. So far, we had discussed how people dealt with death and what they used to cope with it but we had not discussed those people who are deviant and cause death themselves. Dr. Sweitzer was a fun and engaging individual that brought a lot to the table in the examination of killers. The fact that she had everyone pick a way to kill someone was interesting and not at all what I was expecting form her lecture. This exercise allowed everyone in the class to see the different ways that people could come up with killing methods, but it also showed how often people would claim to never be able to kill. I found this the most interesting about the lecture and, although the meat of the lecture was understanding the deviance of a killer’s mind, seeing the dynamic between who would kill and who would not was far more fascinating. The whole idea made me want to go out and do my own research on the subject to see how others of varying ages viewed such ideas. It would be interesting to see that dichotic difference between who would be willing to kill if they had to, to the ones who would refuse no matter what. I feel as if you could learn a lot about people and humanity in general by asking such a personal question. It would definitely be a study for the ages to see where the morality of the human species lies in the modern age versus what we could gleam from past ideas of death and killing. This kind of thought pattern leads me into the number two lecturer because history is such an important part of understanding the present and future to