Essays on Torturer

Analysis of Different Poetic Forms

The Torturer's Apprentice is a haunting dark poem about an individual relaying their experience to a trainee torturer. The last ending five words of the first stanza alludes to freedom and the creation of bridges. The torturer believes that he or she will only be free when they manage to mend bridges with the people they are torturing. The ending words are; “day”. “Was”, “free”, “see”, “bridge” and “way”. All these words together reveal the persona’s desire to escape their trade. They note that they “began this journey young and free” (Line 3). It seems like torture does ...

Edwidge Danticat’s novel, The Dew Breaker is a collection of stories that connects the different characters through a shared traumatic past. In the chapter, ‘The Bridal Seamstress’, the author deals with the issue of trauma in the past, how it is experienced, understood and looked at by the victim and an onlooker . The author brings together two women, one an older Haitian woman, Beatrice who has moved to the United States and the other, Aline-a young American-Haitian. Aline, the younger Haitian American is a journalist-intern and is asked by her editor to cover the story of the retirement of a prominent bridal ...

Introduction

Torture is one of most intense human violence forms that result into both psychological and physical consequences. People use it in prisons as a manner of extracting useful information from terrorists and other detainees. Its use has been in existence for thousands of years, and it is still rife all across the globe. Research shows that torture has enduring negative effects at times on both the perpetrators and survivors (Miller, 2012). In addition, it is ineffective for obtaining reliable and substantial information during interrogation. Although many international codes and laws have undergone establishment in order to prohibit torture, it has ...

War on Terror:

Can Torture be Ethical? Torture involves intentionally causing mental, physical agony, or even both, on an individual without legitimate reason. This includes threats to family members and loved ones. Torture has been used as a punishment, to threaten or control people, to furnish information or just to satisfy brutal impulses. Governments have been instrumental in using torture to keep power in their very own hands, to enforce their own political viewpoint, to remove antagonism and to device specific policies. Before scrutinizing the legal validity of torture and inflicting pain, it should be considered that pain occurs even in ...

Analysis of Asian Horror Movies

The first movie I would like to analyze is a South Korean horror-thriller movie “Old Boy”, directed by Park Chan-Wook, that was first released in 2003. The storyline is based on a poorly-known Japanese manga of the same name, written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. This movie is a part of a trilogy called “Vengeance Trilogy” together with “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”. “Old Boy” won the so called “Grand Prix”(the second award in order of importance) during the Cannes Film Festival, receiving also a special mention by Quentin Tarantino (president of the Jury). The impact of ...

This paper is going to give an argument concerning the fact that Sparky should not be put in a microwave. Different scenarios backing this argument are given. However, in this paper, the argument will revolve around two of these scenarios which are considered to be the best. It is also important to note that the chosen two scenarios comply with the moral reasons as well as emotional and logical reasons as outlined in the literature. The first scenario is that torturing a puppy that is defenseless for personal amusement is unethical. Animal, like human beings have a life to live. At ...

Torture is an act where a person inflicts pain upon the other without the latter’s consent. Torture can be done in a multitude of ways such as burning a part of the person’s body, inflicting wounds through the use of sharp objects and crushing an important body part. There are people who enjoy inflicting pain upon themselves or to others because it gives them happiness. Some would say it is part of their devotion to their religions. Many laws and policies have been enacted around the globe in prohibiting torture to others and to one’s self but not many ...