Reading Response 2: 38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police I think the article was written in order to highlight the level of ignorance that had crept into society especially towards violence‚ perhaps in wake of the recent increase of violent imagery on television. I feel it was intended to act as an eye-opener for the readers which shows them how such shameless acts of laziness can claim lives. The tone that Gansberg uses throughout the article is one that is slightly aggressive especially when describing
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courage to do so. In the short story “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” by Martin Gansberg‚ that was the fate for Catherine Genovese. Gansberg does an exceptional job explaining the events leading up to‚ and after the tragic death of Catherine Genovese. How could 37 people be aware of what was happening and not one person call the police? Why was the first call made too late? Not everyone can be a hero‚ but I agree with Gransberg that at least a call should have been made‚ especially when someones’
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In “ Thirty- Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police‚” Martin Gansberg writes about how people didn’t take action when witnessing Miss Genovese getting murder. About a women she was on her way home when a men appeared out of nowhere and stabbed her‚ and she screamed for help. The neighbors heard her‚ and didn’t do much to help. One neighbor just shouted when he heard a lot of noises though it didn’t help at all. The men stabbed her a second time‚ and still‚ no one had helped her until she got
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The article by Martin Gansberg‚ Thirty-eight who saw murder and didn’t call the police‚ is about an isolated event. I don’t think something like this happens a lot. Normally people would call the police or do something to help the victim. But unfortunately sometimes people can be very cold or even cruel‚ like in this case. Some people just don’t care about what is going on around them‚ if someone is in need of help or some cooperation. It’s more typical for those who live in big cities because in
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standing for a person who is being victimized and not saying anything about it. In many crime the witnesses do not come forward because they are scared about what other people might think about the witness. In the article “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” written by Martin Gansberg‚ analyzes the murder of Catherine Genovese who was killed in front of her apartment building and the thirty eight people who heard her crying out for help and did not call the police. Many psychologist
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38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police Summary Chris Teeters College Writing Professor O’ Hearn May 19‚ 2009 Millions of murders are committed in the United States every year. We see these stories on the news‚ in newspapers‚ and sometimes in our own neighborhoods. Sadly there are people who go into the world and kill their fellow man and sometimes without remorse. The only way that we can prevent these events from happening again or at all is to bring these criminals
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Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police Thirty-eight people saw the murder of a woman and didn’t call the police. What does this say about a person’s actions? In “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” by Martin Gansberg‚ a woman was stalked and killed. Catherine also known as Kitty‚ was on her way home when she noticed a man out of nowhere. She head toward the call box to call the police‚ but the man grabbed her and stabbed her. Catherine cried for help‚ “Please help me
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The murder of Cartherine Genovese was an event that headlined news stories across the country‚ however it wasn’t the murder itself that shocked people. According to Gansberg’s essay "37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police" the shock was that thirty seven people witnessed the murder but no one called the police. Since then this case has been used as an example of human fear in criminal and psychology classes. However there have been more accounts which tell a different story
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one person telephoned the police during the assault; one witness called after the woman was dead. That was two weeks ago today. Still shocked is Assistant Chief Inspector Frederick M. Lussen‚ in charge of the borough’s detectives and a veteran of 25 years of homicide investigations. He can give a matter-of-fact recitation on many murders. But the Kew Gardens slaying baffles him--not because it is a murder‚ but because the "good people" failed to call the police. "As we have reconstructed
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In the story “38 People Who Saw Murder Didn’t Called The Police” a women named Katherine Genovese also called Kitty has been brutally murdered in her neighborhood and many people witness this horrific killing but chose not to call the police until it was too late for her life to be saved. But what would’ve happened if someone had acted sooner; Of course to state the obvious kitty will most likely still be alive. The author Martin Gansberg has given the situation on how people chose not to act but
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