{"id":221,"date":"2020-09-10T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/?p=221"},"modified":"2020-09-10T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:05:10","slug":"individualism-vs-common-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/2020\/09\/10\/individualism-vs-common-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Individualism vs. Common Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After reading and discussing this week, what really stuck with me was the dichotomy between the good of the group and individual survival. In both The Informer<\/em> and Uptight<\/em>, one character, out of desperation, chose to sacrifice another in the movement for money. Their willingness to give up on the movement for money to survive and start a new life demonstrates the desperation that poverty creates. Guilt over the deaths of their friends has an interesting effect on both of these characters, though. Although they both originally intended to use the money to get out of their current situation and start a new life with their significant others, they both use the money to get drunk and cause chaos throughout the night. At the end, they both claim that they had no idea what they were doing, and did not know the effects of their actions. Both still want to be accepted back into the group and try to be loyal to the movement, even after their mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The behavior of the characters in both The Informer<\/em> and Uptight<\/em> elucidates the inner conflict between the individual and the good of the group that seems to exist in all movements. Movements are born out of chronic problems within a society, and economic issues are usually always a factor. One of these movements\u2019 goals was to end the cycle of extreme poverty and economic inequality in these communities, but the poverty that they were fighting drives some of the members to act out of desperation.\u00a0 The members are loyal to the movement and are willing to do so many things to be accepted back into the group, but they also give up on it when they are offered a way out of their poverty and problems. Most of all, I think these works\u00a0 perfectly demonstrate that individual need will always take priority over the human desire to be accepted and belong to a group with a greater cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading and discussing this week, what really stuck with me was the dichotomy between the good of the group and individual survival. In both The Informer and Uptight, one character, out of desperation, chose to sacrifice another in the movement for money. Their willingness to give up on the movement for money to survive … <\/p>\n

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