Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn T Call The Police Analysis
38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police Summary
Chris Teeters
College Writing
Professor O’ Hearn
May 19, 2009
Millions of murders are committed in the United States every year. We see these stories on the news, in newspapers, and sometimes in our own neighborhoods. Sadly there are people who go into the world and kill their fellow man and sometimes without remorse. The only way that we can prevent these events from happening again or at all is to bring these criminals to justice. In most cases there are witnesses who see the crime or have some leads that help solve the crimes. Usually witnesses call the police and try to help the person in trouble, but this case is different. In the murder of Catherine …show more content…
Both George Orwell and Martin Gansberg express the two in their short stories. They also both reveal human nature; a general characteristic, feeling, or behavioral trait shared by humans. In each story, the experiences were slightly different but the connection between the two is human nature.
The first story "Thirty-Eight Who saw Murder but Didn't Call the Police" by Martin Gansberg is very interesting. Many people in the neighborhood saw and heard what was happening to the young woman Miss Genovese, but yet nobody bothered to help or call the police. There were plenty of times where someone could have helped her, or even possibly saved her life considering that the killer came back three times. Genoveses' neighbors failed to help her, when they decided to call it was too late. When questioned by authority the neighbors had no valid reason for not calling the police. They call confessed to either hearing or seeing what went on that tragic night. One common factor between their stories was that they were all scared to call because they were fearful. Fear was a shared emotion between all of the neighbors, which is validated by human nature. Often times we are filled with fear which then leads to us making decisions that are rash, or not thought out properly. The people of Queens were paralyzed by fear, the fear of not knowing what to do. They were panicked, they didn't know how to react. The neighbors didn't know whether to call the police or stay out of it; the fear of being responsible in a tragic
Chris Teeters
College Writing
Professor O’ Hearn
May 19, 2009
Millions of murders are committed in the United States every year. We see these stories on the news, in newspapers, and sometimes in our own neighborhoods. Sadly there are people who go into the world and kill their fellow man and sometimes without remorse. The only way that we can prevent these events from happening again or at all is to bring these criminals to justice. In most cases there are witnesses who see the crime or have some leads that help solve the crimes. Usually witnesses call the police and try to help the person in trouble, but this case is different. In the murder of Catherine …show more content…
Both George Orwell and Martin Gansberg express the two in their short stories. They also both reveal human nature; a general characteristic, feeling, or behavioral trait shared by humans. In each story, the experiences were slightly different but the connection between the two is human nature.
The first story "Thirty-Eight Who saw Murder but Didn't Call the Police" by Martin Gansberg is very interesting. Many people in the neighborhood saw and heard what was happening to the young woman Miss Genovese, but yet nobody bothered to help or call the police. There were plenty of times where someone could have helped her, or even possibly saved her life considering that the killer came back three times. Genoveses' neighbors failed to help her, when they decided to call it was too late. When questioned by authority the neighbors had no valid reason for not calling the police. They call confessed to either hearing or seeing what went on that tragic night. One common factor between their stories was that they were all scared to call because they were fearful. Fear was a shared emotion between all of the neighbors, which is validated by human nature. Often times we are filled with fear which then leads to us making decisions that are rash, or not thought out properly. The people of Queens were paralyzed by fear, the fear of not knowing what to do. They were panicked, they didn't know how to react. The neighbors didn't know whether to call the police or stay out of it; the fear of being responsible in a tragic