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Monster And The Moral Imagination By Jorge Borges

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What we believe Where are monsters from? What are they? Are they real or fake? Many factors make us believe in a variety of thoughts, we grow up with many different beliefs which lead to what we believe. In the articles The origins of half-human, half-animal by Jorge Borges he explains what we believe and events that can change your point of view on a monster. Borges talks about events that change the view of what we believe and what we call a monster. The events can be seen in different aspects as the reading goes on. In Monster and the Moral Imagination by Stephen T. Asme he talk about how our imagination believes something is a monster because our past ancestor talked about it so it continues to stay the same. The Tempest by William Shakespeare …show more content…

A man by the name of David Silva entered the bar and began to stab people using a knife. Shapiro explains how he believed he got away but after a few steps out of the cafe he felt a hard punch on his back and he began to feel tissue and skin parting. He was stabbed by Silva, Shapiro screamed out and and told the man “why are you doing this” the attackers response was “You killed my mother”. This man was mentally ill and his mother was in a hospital at the moment of the event, tragic events like this make observers call him a monster. People that were not in the attack would call this man a monster because he hurt innocent people for a reason that had nothing to do with then. In his mind it was real and wanted to avenge the death of his mother which wasn't even real. It was all in his mind . Asma explains how people view this event and label it to be a monstrous act done by a monster. This story is look as a monsters attack, he attacked several people and in that moment they tries getting away from what they seen as a monster. The people in the cafe were trying to survive from the attack, they were trying to run for the attacker , which we can also call a monster. Silva had no remorse he didn't care about no one he just wanted revenge because he believed they killed his mother. For the people who were being attacked Silva was a true monster. Asme states he wouldn't correct them on that matter. What he is trying to say in my point of view is that situations like this or any other event that can be life threatening or make you feel vulnerable can lead to the aggravator be seem as a monster. I agree one hundred percent, not only in a situation like Shapiro where they were having so many feelings and thoughts it was hard for them not to try to escape from the monster. If I were put in a situation

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