In 1938‚ William Carlos Williams wrote a short story called The Use of Force. The doctor is summoned to a family’s home to check on the welfare of a child‚ Mathilda‚ who has been sick for a few days. The family does not trust the doctor‚ as they are watching him closely‚ and have never called one before. The family is immensely worried about Mathilda’s health. There has been a deathly disease in the community making everyone in the room is tense if fear of her having it. The reader can feel the tension
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The doctor in "The Use of Force" is very unprofessional. He describes the patient in a very infatuated way. The doctor also abhors the way the parents of the patient referred to him. And the doctor treats the patient aggressively. From the moment the doctor enters the house. He introduces the girl to us in an infatuated sense. He saw her as a "very attractive little thing" and he described her to have "magnificent blonde hair one of those picture children often reproduced in advertising
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Taylor Wilson Mr. McKinnon English 1001 13 September 2011 Analysis of “The Use of Force” Williams Carlos Williams applies both internal and external conflict to his short story‚” The Use of Force.” The narrator struggles with how he should help cure an ill but stubborn child. Is he acting forceful because he is trying to help the patient‚ or is he actually enjoying being malicious towards her? To make a short story even shorter‚ this story is about a doctor who was called by a sick child’s
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The use of force by law enforcement officers is a controversial topic that exists throughout the United States. Within the last couple of years in the United States‚ the use of force by law enforcement officers has gained more of the public’s attention through the cases of Michael Brown‚ Freddie Gray‚ Terrence Crutcher‚ and other cases that gained spotlight through the media and the news. The use of force is defined by the book as the law enforcement officer’s use of weapons and techniques that are
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U.S. Constitution and Use of Force David Baxter CJ400 Constitutional Law in Criminal Justice Park College September 25th‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Ideologies Affecting Police Use of Force 4-6 Public Climate Regarding Use of Force 6-8 Law Enforcement’s Position Regarding Use of Force 8-12 Societal
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Uses of Force Policy Furman Glass Colorado Technical University Online Prof. Blair D. Ettinger CJUS483-1301A-01 January 14‚ 2013 Abstract Numerous authorized and program limitations control the use of force by law enforcement‚ starting with the 4th Amendment’s prevention against arbitrary searches and seizures and decentralizing downhill to state decrees and departmental guidelines that manage how and under what circumstances police officer may use force. In most police agencies at present
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Members of the police force are government officials who enforce the laws and maintain social order. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of their confrontations with the public it may be necessary for the police to administer force to take control of a suspect. Every day‚ law enforcement officers face danger while carrying out their responsibilities. When dealing with a risky‚ unpredictable situation‚ police
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Police use of force is something used by law enforcement to contain and control the situation. Use of force has been frowned upon throughout the history of the United States. There have been many situations that citizens think could have been handled differently and the use of force was to much or excessive. Throughout the history of the United States there have been a different take on the use of force by police. Many citizens think that it is nessasary for police to use their discretion when choosing
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Whats right from wrong when it comes to police use of force. The unnecessary use of force has been described as deadly force‚ brutality and many more abuses towards minorities Do police officers believe in correct use of protocol because citizens are not seeing the result. Police officers are taught to serve and protect but unnecessary use of force is being revisited. Police officers can’t be taught to treat citizens as if they are animals. Now a days animals are treated better than a your typical
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Level One The Use of Force is about a girl who may have Diphtheria‚ but refuses to open her mouth to let the doctor look at her throat. After much struggle‚ emotional and physical‚ the doctor forces her to open her mouth and it turns out she does indeed have the disease. Level Two Setting It’s not actually mentioned‚ but it is implied that it at the Olson’s house‚ a doctor is called to look at the daughter as she is not feeling well. The Characters o The parents are pretty static characters
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