Mob Mentality Analysis

After reading and viewing the mob mentality pieces, I conclude that mobs can get out of control. For example, Edmonds says “It takes one act of violence to whip the crowd into a fury.” This shows that it can take just one action for a group of people to become violent. Being in a group can destroy people’s motives and making them do things that they never thought that they would do. This clearly shows that being in a mob can get out of control from the actions of the people in the group. In an article by S.E. Smith they state (referring to mob mentality) “ It is often used in a negative sense, because the term “mob” typically conjures up an image of an aggressive, chaotic group of people.” This means that the word mob is typically associated