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cultures and their behavior styles; in order for the culture to accept any type of assistance medical, financial, and education and assist in breaking barriers for counseling with this culture. Arab is one of the well-known culture around the world with a strong connection with Islam. They believe in one God (Allah) and Muhammad is his prophet. In addition, they also believe in Jewish and Christian tradition. Furthermore Arabs are not all Muslim, not are all Muslims Arab. Fewer 20% of Muslims worldwide are Arabs (Hasnain, Shaikh, & Shanawani 2008). There are 22 countries that Arabs are currently living in United States that share common terms of religion, language, and culture; however they vary politically, socially, and economically,

This relates to the Holocaust. It relates to the Nazis, and everyone in the world at the time of World War II. The Nazis fed the evil wolf, and they became evil. They nurtured all of the evil wolf’s needs, becoming evil themselves. They used the Jews, handicapped, and Soviets as a scapegoat to blame for all of Germany’s

It is impossible to refute the reality of evil in the world, Hick argues; the Bible, for example, “faithfully reflect[s] the characteristic mixture of good and evil in human experience” (290). Yet such evidence

Friedrich Nietzsche “believed that (a person’s view on what is Good and Evil) is dependent on one's own personal and religious perception of good and evil. ”(Various) Throughout English Literature, evil is an extremely important and controversial theme.

Is it human nature to deny evil and believe in good? Or should we expect the worse so we don’t get hurt? People want to have the satisfaction and comfort in believing that everything is good and nothing could go wrong. I believe that everyone has the instinct to deny evil. They automatically have the mindset of ¨Oh, that could never happen to me,” or ¨How or why would anyone be capable of doing such a thing?¨ This mindset is shown in the beginning of night when everyone refuses to believe Moshe the Beadle, ¨He's just trying to make us pity him. What an imagination he has!¨ People almost go into this defensive mode where they get angry at people for saying such ¨lies.¨

“Evil is the exercise of power. And that's the key: it's about power. To intentionally harm people psychologically, to hurt people physically, to destroy people mortally, or ideas, and to commit crimes against humanity.” When removed from the societal structures that dictate appropriate behavior people will revert to uncivil and often malicious behavior, as we see in Golding’s Lord of the Flies when a group of adolescent boys quickly transition from a structured, governed, society among themselves into violence and cruelty. The horrific acts performed by the boys point to the conclusion that humans as a whole are innately evil, and, if removed from societal expectations, people will give in to their most animalistic impulses.

There are so many different Stereotypes in the world. As a Muslim, the biggest stereotype is that Muslims are see as “terrorist” and I blame the media. The media has played a huge role on stereotypes. The media shows the ideal Muslim as a “terrorist”. It all began on September 11 2001 when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Arabs are now called “terrorists” because of the 9/11 attack. Don’t get me wrong, this was very tragic and was very hard for America. Many people died and many families left heartbroken. My heart goes out to all the families. However, this doesn’t define Arabs as terrorist rather it was Osama bin ladan or how some say the government. The media loves portraying as Muslims as terrorists

Stereotypes often determine how we see people who are different from us. Stereotypes play such an important role in our perceptions of others, but what exactly are they? A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing (Williams, 2013). In essence, stereotypes are not limited to different races and ethnicities, but also include: genders, social classes, cultures and even certain hobbies. In light of the increase of negative attention that Muslims have been receiving in the media, the stereotypes discussed in this paper will be centered on Muslims. Specifically, the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists will be analyzed.

With the police now involved and volunteers ready to help search the property, Lee spearheads the campaign for everyone to split up and search the property. But in their search, Lee discovers another piece of unsettling evidence: Flora’s doll, dismembered with a pig’s head. When Matt & Shelby join her search, they come to find an abandoned farm riddled with flies. In the barn, something even darker lurks, as two feral boys (Dustin Jones & Connor Rosen) feast on a pig and know only one word: Croatoan. The boys are taken into custody as it turns out that they were part of the Polk family, better known as the hillbillies who tried to buy the property.

There is a constant debate in society regarding whether a person is naturally good or naturally bad. The answer is yet to be determined, but the conclusion that everyone has both good and evil lurking within has been made. Evil nature exists in everyone, and it can be revealed by something as simple as fear. It is unnerving to what effects fear can have on the brain, which cause us to act irrational, violent, and uncontrollable. The only form of evil on Earth exists within humans, which can have devastating effects on an entire civilization when hidden savagery is exposed and surpasses society’s control.

In realist author, James Joyce’s short story “Araby”, he tells a tale of the main character’s coming of age in late 19th century Dublin, Ireland. The story gives an account of a young boy coming face to face with the bitter reality that in life things are not always as they appear. Given that it is a short story there is not much room for long-winded or overly detailed explanations of setting, or character development and this is an issue which the author adeptly handles with the use of visual imagery. In “Araby”, Joyce gives us insight into the evolving thoughts and feelings of the boy, not through literal means, but instead through his consistent use of imagery linked to the perceptions of the main character. The themes of light, darkness,

The concept of evil has been problematic to many philosophers. When speaking about evil, we all have the idea that is the absence of good. For some religious people, Evil has been described as a supernatural force, although for others is been described as part of the human nature.

The short story “Araby”,by James Joyce is told using first person point of view by the protagonist, a young boy whose name is never metioned through out the story. The narrator is a lonely boy who lives in a death end stress, and in a house that the former tenant, a priest had died. He lives with his uncle and aunty. Literally, the narrator is trapped because every description of the neighborhood seems to be isolation and the neighborhood can also be seen as a symbol of hopelessness. The narrator is in love with his friend’s sister, but it is not love rather obsession. He confuses Love with obsession. All his feelings, actions, thoughts and ideas shows he is merely obsessed not in love. The darkness and Love in the story leads the narrator to his epiphany; he realizes he is not in love with her and she is also not in love him too. Everything he feels for her is infatuation.

As American novelist, Barbra Kingsolver once said, “What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that, you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all”. In fact, this is highly true. When you are blind, you may lose your sense of the world and you may demote yourself to only believing a single story. By following a pattern such as this, you’ll never know the full story. You can only assume. However, you can see the truth when you leave your blindness behind. In fact, multiple stories on formative experiences proved this. Society is constantly blinding itself to the true nature of things, but can grow from uncovering the whole story. This idea shows through the thoughts and actions of characters in the stories, “Araby” by James Joyce, “A&P” by John Updike, and “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. The stories provide examples that all show similar character interactions and a moment of realization.

the world has to be balanced by the evil. In order to have good, there has to be some evil. This