Blood Lust Quotes

Blood Lust People enjoy violence because it gives them an escape. Since the beginning of time people have had to fend for themselves, whether it was fighting off dinosaurs or roaming people. We as people are genetically driven to hate, kill and attack. With the recent televising of violent assaults/actions, our genes allow the human race to enjoy watching. These effects added to the recurring amount of violence causes it to be normalized. The book betrays cruel people that want a hanging and will do anything to find traitors.
Syme, a character in our book, enjoys an event of hanging traitors. Syme is engrossed in the detail that happens during hangings or executions. He speaks of the joy he feels watching the struggle and kicking of
feet as the traitors lose their life. The culture created by the two minutes of hate dictates that people can only express negative emotions during the two minutes. However, these hangings and executions give the people another outlet to show the deep seeded hatred they have.
When people are accused of third-degree murder or other forms of killing someone they describe as only seeing red. This phenomenon or idea is all the negative emotions stored up by people releasing. A study done by North Dakota State University showed that red is associated with hostility. “Results showed that those who opted for red tended to be inter-personally more hostile.” Watching that happen allows the human race to sympathize and release some of the tensions they have.