Enemy of the People
The book I read was written by Ibsen and called Enemy of the People. There were nine characters in this book but only five main characters. Dr. Stockmann, Hovstad, Aslaksen, Peter, and Billing. The protagonist was Doctor Stockmann. He has just discovered that a bathing complex that is crucial to the town’s economy is seriously contaminated. He alerts several members of the community and receives generous support and thanks for making this discovery in time to save the town. The next day his brother, the town mayor and the antagonist, tells him he has to retract his statement to the town because to repair the bath it would cost to much money for the town; the mayor is not convinced by the doctors findings. They have a huge argument, but the Doctor hopes that the newspaper will support him. But the mayor convinces the newspaper to oppose him.
Soon after the doctor holds a town meeting to tell everyone about the baths. The mayor and Aslaksen, the newspaper printer, try to keep him from speaking. The doctor begins a long lecture in which he condemns the foundations of the town and the tyranny of the majority. The people find his speech offensive and revolt against the doctor. The next morning the doctor’s house is vandalized and all the people who supported him earlier now oppose him. Instead of leaving the town the doctor stays in the town to defy authority. His family is supportive and he says, “that the strongest man is the man who stands alone.”
Psychology plays a main part in the conclusion of the story. Its mob psychology, in the story the newspaper editors did support him and so did most of the town up until the mayor got to them and told them that he was bad. The people knew that the baths were no good and contaminated but they were to afraid to voice there opinion in fear that they might be different and consider bad to the town authorities. So mob psychology deals with people who don’t want to stand out in a crowd no matter what is going to happen to them or the town.
In Enemy of the People, we see that science and technology are at the mercy of those who hold power, in this case, political power. Dr. Stockmann has discovered, through the use of science, that there is a problem with the economic center of the town-the baths. It is not Dr. Stockmann's use of science that questions the compatibility of science and human values, but his bother, Peter Stockmann's use of technology. Peter is able to control the newspaper, and therefore popular opinion, away from Dr. Stockmann (Act 3). The newspaper is a form of technology that allows news of many events to reach the common person. However, this holds a lot of responsibility with it. Whoever is in charge of what goes in the paper has the ability to shape public opi...
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So, that is why they tried to prove Dr. Stockman an unreliable source, trying to force his “false findings” on the public, and making them suffer. The way Mayor Stockman implemented this was using the newspaper and the public itself. He first went to Hovstad and explained what would happen if this news made the papers, and Stockman offered him a different solution. He suggested they bash his brother, make him look like a terrible man, and hopefully that leads to the public backing us up. Mayor Stockman says he is doing all this for the greater good, but in reality it is affecting everyone poorly. Yes, you are bringing in income for the civilization and it is keeping your community afloat, but it is all coming at a risk. The baths were scientifically proven to be a major health risk causing harm to those who use them. So, by law you are doing something completely wrong. Another thing Dr. Stockman mentions is this idea of majority or ruling by majority. At first, he believed he owned the majority of the people that mattered the most, but quickly lost control of them. These people contributed to his falling and un-credible source of
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