Madelynn Krauss Mrs. Sever English 9-2 18 May 2023 Labels Bad Vs. Good People judge people all the time, even if they try not to some people do it without even knowing. Well in Flawed it is very well known and actually supported to judge people based off their mistakes and give them labels. Now not all labels are bad, but most are, that’s why labels do matter. Labels matter because they can give or take people’s power. Another reason why labels matter is because they can pave the way for how people see people, and it’s mostly based on bias. Labels matter because they can give or take someone’s power like in Flawed how the label “Judge” gave Crevan power,” I am the law. Do it!” This shows that just because Crevan was given the label “judge” he thinks he has more power and that he is better, so the label “judge” gave Crevan power. In the real world the label “criminal” is used as a bad label one that takes power away from people, it takes the power away because people automatically think you did something horrible and that the “criminal” is a horrible person. Those are just two examples of how power and be taken or given to people. …show more content…
In Flawed Logan’s parents aren’t even questioned because his dad is a priest,” Logans parents vouched for him…” This shows that just because his dad is a priest everyone automatically thinks he couldn’t do wrong (240). That is why the label “priest” is bias, so people don’t question him or think he could do any bad which could be bad if they are a bad person. An example of a label in real life the has bias around it is nerd, if you are seen as a nerd then you probably are considered weird, but that is just because of the bias around the word. That is why labels matter, because it paves the way people see