The latest content I have read in this book, showing up a strange creatures called Vermicious Knids on the space hotel. Its appearance like an egg shape with green furry and red eyes.
Afterwards, Mr.
Wonka chased by Vermicious Knids, he had no choice but escaped back to the
glass elevator. Because the great glass elevator is shockproof, waterproof,
bombproof, bulletproof and Knidproof! Therefore, staying inside was the safest
for Mr. Wonka at that time.
Later. The White
House personnel had entered the space hotel. Similarly, they were being
attacked by Vermicious Knids. At this emergent moment, Mr. Wonka was a bit
hesitant to save them because the White House staff still believed that Mr. Wonka's
group were aliens. If they went, then the scam would be made public, and they
may be punished by the government after returning to the earth. Therefore, everyone
was afraid to go back. However, when Mr. Wonka faced the situation that the
other party was about to be killed, they still showed a sense of justice and
chose to "save" instead of leaving them behind. I admire this part so
much: sacrificing yourself to save others.
Actually, this makes
me come up with many cases that people see someone in mortal danger, and do
nothing to save them in our life. Let me take a piece of news I saw before: The
victim of a car accident fell to the ground in desperate pain, but no one gave
him a hand to rescue him. Instead everyone gathered in a circle, watching him. In
fact, Taiwan is famous for the most beautiful scenery: people. However, it is
because of Taiwan's laws, leading a such cruel scene. In Taiwan’s law, if you save
a person but you cause the injured patient's condition to become more serious, you
might need to bear the relevant criminal responsibility. This is why when someone
needing help but everyone just watch with their arms crossed. This makes me
think that the law is originally designed to protect the rights of the party in
demand, but sometimes the other party abuses it in some way. I think the way
the law is formulated has more we need to think about: how we can really
formulate the law dose really protect the people who need help.
Hey Serena!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing an interesting and thought-provoking plot for us.
I also admire those who can save others in danger and show their sense of justice, because actually I’m the one who are unwilling to engage situations that are irrelevant to me.
However, I personally consider the reason behind why people don’t give their hands to someone in need has little to do with the current laws. Considering many laws have been set there but sill many people would violate them. People do whatever beneficial to themselves, or they are willing and capable to do. For example, I give my hands because I can and I will; I don’t give my help because I don’t want to or I cannot. So, it could not be all attributed to laws, I would say it’s more regarding their personal choice.
BTW, I’m so confused with those who stood by the injured person; either going away or giving their hands was better than just standing there and watching. Those rubberneckers made me so speechless. But I still believed you and most of Taiwanese are sympathetic or empathic (I don’t know which one can express what I mean); just like what you said, Taiwan is famous for the most beautiful scenery: people. And perhaps sometimes we just need a motivation to conduct the action. Need a courage to save people.
YES! James! It makes me speechless when it comes to those rubberneckers... BTW I believe you have known the difference between sympathetic and empathic! XD
DeleteHum, empathy and sympathy! I think we should finish the second half of JK Rowling's speech next week, which could help me explain the difference between these two words.
ReplyDeleteThank you, professor! After your class, I totally got it!
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