Sunday, 14 August 2011

London Riot and Destructors

They both show how cruel the inner heart of human could be. In destructors, they do not have any personal feelings for Mr.Tomas, but they focus on destroying his house completely. No rational human being would understand such behaviors since it is hard to do such hard-labor-taking work even when someone has a deep hatred for the owner of the house. There are lots of photos that make us shocked regarding the London Riot. London is one of the oldest and respected cities in the world. English people are usually considered as "gentlemen". However, the London Riot showed the exact opposite aspect of them. Many  faultless people got hurt, and the old buildings they were proud of got burnt.



In high school, I learnt about the theory that human nature is fundamentally evil persisted by Hobbes. I was not quite the support of this theory, but having read about the Destructors and seeing the photos of London, his theory seems like it gained support. Even the so-called-gentlemen of London could behave like monsters when chance shows up. However, I still wish that the theory of Hobbes is not correct, and that human being has much more decent aspect than evil aspect.

1 comment:

  1. Kia, I enjoyed your contextualizing the events of the story and the real events of London in the context of Hobbes. The question of human nature, of course, is a very old one! I think when we examine ourselves, humility is always a good place to start.

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