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Martin Gansberg's 37 Who Saw Murder Didn T Call Police

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One call could have saved a life Screaming to the top of her lungs, crying in pain, and for help was not enough for bystanders around to call attention to. Bystanders, make a difference in any situation and can help to potentially save a life. Screaming in the middle is not something normal that is heard. In “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police” written by Martin Gansberg, the author focused on the death of Kitty Genovese that could have been avoided. The author believes that bystander’s actions were significant because when someone is screaming the first instinct should be to call attention to it, the right thing to do is help, it could have saved Kitty Genovese’s life. Martin Gansberg believes that the bystander’s actions were significant because when someone is hollering for help the first instinct should be to signal attention to it. In the middle of the night, hardly a sign of human interaction, there were various shouts heard. Kitty Genovese was living a horror episode and not one individual was considerate enough to help. A “first instinct” is a natural response to an action or event. “One witness called after the woman was dead” (Gansberg). This witness, obviously did not follow their first instinct because they decided to call attention to the situation after the fatality happened. An action like this can be named …show more content…

Written by Martin Gansberg, the article “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police”, he communicates that bystander’s actions were significant because when someone is screaming the first instinct should be to call attention to it, the right thing to do is help, and it could have saved Genovese’s life. Bystander’s actions can go a long way, saving a life for example. When this story is told, it is often hard for many to believe, but it happened. Just with the simple action of picking up the phone, it could have stopped Kitty Genovese’s unjust

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Martin Gansberg, a news reporter and the author of the New York Times article, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” published on March 27, 1964, implies the feeling of dismay within his writing to express the emotions of the neighborhood during this gruesome murder. Gansberg does this because he wants people to see the deeper meaning which is that society should take action during a wrongful situation. This article was written formally for the intended audience of middle and high-class New Yorkers in the Queens area. Many people read the newspaper during this time period because it was one of the main sources to receive news. In the article Gansberg stresses multiple times, “how simple it would have been to have gotten in

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