In the novel More Joy in Heaven, written by Morley Callaghan, Kip Caley has a quest for a new life after prison. As he gets used to being a freeman he learns more about what he really wants in life. When Kip finds out what it is that he is searching for in his new life, like in all tragedies, it is too late. Because he is not sure if Julie, the girl, or the parole board is what he wants, he spends too much time trying to find out and when he knows it is too late. In his search for a new life Kip knows that he is a free man and wants to show it to the people while he says that he does not want to be viewed constantly by the public.
Kip is a real go-getter person he likes to take action. Because of this he wants to be on the parole board to change some of the faults in the system that he saw while still on prison. Kip also want to do this so that he can get on with his new life. But latter in the novel he finds and falls in love with Julie. He fights himself trying to decide what it is in life that he really wants. He tries to get the judge on his side so that he can get what he wants, at the time it is to be on the parole board: “Whispering Joe used to be the best fur thief in the country. He’s just like you. In his own way he says all those things. He’s got a great line, too. See, he’s good. Maybe you’re a dam good judge, too, but the part of you that makes you tick is just the same as the part of Joe. You can’t believe in anything. If you didn’t you wouldn’t be able to si...
All in all, Kerman’s year sentence in jail opened her eyes to some of the many problems within the federal prison system. She witnessed favoritism, abuse, health violations, etc. that helped her realize that she never wanted to go back to prison, despite all the true friendships she made. Through her use of rhetoric, mainly ethos, Kerman showed her audience a firsthand account of what an actual prison sentence is like. She also explored the idea of how one bad decision can change a person’s life forever.
After reading Newjack, I clearly appreciate the difficulty, the chaos and the stress of an officers' job. I am less sure how they manage to do it, and I wonder at what cost to their sense of self it has on them. By contrast, with a few well-chosen stories, Conover humanizes individual prisoners: one who has lines from Anne Frank's diary tattooed on his back; a prisoner on the serving line who tries to sneak extra food to his friends; a young, emotionally needy prisoner grasping for attention from anyone, even an officer. As a result, the prisoners are often drawn “with more humanity” than the staff.
Newjack is Ted Conover’s personal memoir as a correctional officer in one of New York’s famous maximum security prisons: Sing Sing. The job of a correctional officer consists of long days locking and unlocking cells, moving prisoners to and from various locations while the prisoners beg, aggravate and abuse them. After a short time at the academy and a brief period of on-the-job training, Conover found himself working, often alone and always unarmed, in galleries housing sixty or more inmates. He heard of many stories that happen in prison. Stories include inmates beating inmates and burning their cell house, an inmate who was beaten by correctional officers after striking an officer in the head with a broom handle. Surprisingly, there are even some instances where there are voluntary sexual encounters between female staff and inmates. It is really a welcoming job for the “newjacks” and for the readers. On top of that, supervisors do not mentor or guide new officers and officers on one shift push problems off onto the next. Conover sees and realizes that correctional workers are very flexible characters, neither good nor bad, but must cope with stress and problems in a well-organized manner. As Conover points out, that at Sing Sing is against the possibility of staff getting to know prisoners. It is ridiculous to see that there are problems that prison administrators clearly could have solved but do not, instead, they care more about the inmates and officer’s relationship. In particular, enticements for better supervision and more support for effective staff are clearly needed.
... by the end of the book believes the inmates are prone to violence and his sole purpose is to maintain order among a dehumanized group. It is far-fetched to ask someone like Conover to become a convict but I do believe that their perspectives would be insightful.
It promptly becomes clear to the reader that almost no one wants to give Kip Caley a break; instead all the “upstanding” citizens that insisted on his early release want to use him to benefit their own statuses. Unfortunately for Kip, Senator Maclean is the most persuasive character and convinces Caley to take a job that will keep him in the public’s eye. By offering Kip false hope, a job, and a temporary spot in the inner class he allows for Kip to obtain a dream that under his circumstances will never be achieved. Jenkins on the other hand, is the complete opposit...
Although, Chris McCandless may be seen as stupid and his ideals uncanny, he gave up everything to follow his heart he escaped the world that would have changed him, he wrote his own tale to feel free, and he left a conformist world to indulge in true happiness. How many people would just give up their lives, family, material goods, to escape into a world of perfect solitude and peace; not many and Chris was one of those that could and he became and inspiration. “The idea of free personality and the idea of life as sacrifice” (187).
Through the multiple of characters, many different attitudes towards this medium are shown. For example, both George Crawford and Vincent Simmons are men fighting to prove their innocents. On the other hand, Eugene Tanniehill and Ashanti Witherspoon have come to grips with their actions and are strive to become better individuals through the correctional system. The various attitudes of the men relay the idea that the correctional sector can be viewed as good or bad depending on ones
The career of a correctional officer has always captivated me in a way that is difficult to explain. Even as a child, I recall tuning into shows such as Lockup and Lockdown. In fact, my earliest, most vivid memories consist of me sitting in front of a TV screen with my eyes mesmerized by the hardened criminals visioned on the screen before me. It may seem peculiar, but I’ve always pictured myself inside the prison walls. What’s even more peculiar is that I’ve seldom visioned myself as a correctional officer; in fact, I’ve almost always visioned myself as a prisoner. Given what’s been said, one may ask me why it is that I aspire to be a correctional officer. And the answer to that question is rather simple. I want to be a correctional officer because I thrive for a rush of euphoria to course through my veins. And being a correctional officer will allow an endless supply of euphoria to course through my veins. And with that said, I don’t need to further explain why such a career is what I long for.
Although prisons have the primary objective of rehabilitation, prisoners will likely go through many other troubling emotions before reaching a point of reformation. Being ostracized from society, it is not uncommon to experience despair, depression, and hopelessness. Be that as it may, through reading various prison writings, it can be seen that inmates can find hope in the smallest things. As represented in “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminally Insane”, the author, Etheridge Knight, as well as other black inmates look up to Hard Rock, an inmate who is all but dutiful in a world where white people are placed at the top of the totem pole. However, after Hard Rock goes through a lobotomy-esque procedure, the motif
middle of paper ... ... He forgets about the impossible, and being immortal and being alone, but rather embraces the temporary and exhilarating. Keats presents his feelings on how he no longer wishes for impossible goals, and how it is much more preferable to enjoy life as much as possible. It is of no use longing for things we cannot have, and so we must learn to live with the myriad of things we already have, of which one in particular appeals to Keats: the warmth of human companionship and the passion of love.
Suffering can be defined as an experience of discomfort suffered by a person during his life. The New York Times published an article entitled what suffering does, by David Brooks (2014). In this article, Brooks explains how suffering plays an important role in our pursuit of happiness. He explains firstly that happiness is found through experiences and then, suffering can also be a motivation in our pursuit of happiness. In other words, suffering is a fearful but necessary gift to acquire happiness. This paper is related to motivation and emotion, two keys words to the pursuit of happiness (King, 2010).
No matter what religious beliefs or lack there of one holds, history is separated by the birth and events that surround one man; and that man is Jesus of Nazareth. If there is one controversial event that surrounds this historical figure, it is his resurrection that is argued the most. In most scholarly circles, it is accepted that Jesus of Nazareth was born around the first century, while living gathered a religious following, and was crucified by the Romans. It is his resurrection, though that separates secular and believing biblical experts. This paper will discuss the historical validity of the resurrection of Jesus by looking at biblical validity, the evidence surrounding the resurrection, and expert opinions from both sides as whether or not in today’s age it is reasonable to be believed in.
This chapter is titled, “Emotions: Feeling, Thinking, and Communicating.” The court case this movie revolves around is based upon emotion not physical evidence. Joe Miller realizes his case isn’t about wrongful termination due to an unknown disease. His case is about homosexuality and the culture of fear it produces over the jury. Joe Miller began to seek a change from debilitative emotions to facilitative ones. Joe, Andrew, the judge, and the rest of the courtroom grew up in the culture I’ve previously mentioned. This culture brought upon debilitative emotions. Fear and mystery of the unknown led many to run, hide, or get rid of these feelings. Joe Miller brought this issue to the jury with success. He subsided there fear and allowed them to think more clearly, and have facilitative emotions. By exemplifying there fear, Joe Miller won the
Heaven and Hell, two contradictory destinations of the afterlife, where the first is filled with everlasting rewards and joy, while the latter encompasses eternal doom and torment. A person’s actions and behavior on Earth determine the fate of their soul’s destination after death, meaning that one must live a just and righteous life in order to enter Heaven. On the contrary, living a worthless life full of sin and wrongdoing will result in going to Hell as punishment. However, different worldly religions have differing views and interpretations of life after death, and no one can be sure of what to expect. These religious notions of the afterlife have become so engrained into the society and culture of the world, with expressions like “I feel like I have died and gone to Heaven” included in everyday dialogue. One recent popular television series provides insight of a particular analysis of what the afterlife is like, and that is The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell. This
The Gospel of Thomas is unlike any other scripture written about Jesus. It is a collection of Jesus' secret sayings that only someone who actually knew him, like his "twin", would be able to recount. Jesus, in the Gospel of Thomas, is a teacher that points his followers in the direction of the Kingdom of Heaven. He explains that the kingdom is a place with no poverty, where all is revealed and that it is already inside and around them but they must learn how to find it.