The Life of Diana

In my English class we are reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold by  Gabriel García Márquez. In this story, a young man named Santiago is murdered by twin brothers, Pablo and Pedro, because they found out that he had raped their sister. This event would bring shame to their family. For this reason, the twins felt like his murder was not to be considered a wrongdoing, even thought most people, including me, agree that it should have been. I do not believe  the  the murder of  Santiago is an "honor killing" because if it were then the twins would have killed their sister rather than Santiago. After learning about this topic, I was horrified by some of the actions that take place, especially to girls in the society. One of the examples of "honor killing" was the murder of one's daughter for being raped although she was the victim of rape. Some of the other examples include the killing of their daughters for wearing Western clothing or dating people that her family...

Here is the hypothetical situation: Suppose you are a prairie dog assigned to guard duty with other prairie dogs from your town. When you see a predator coming you have two choices: sound the alarm or remain silent. If you sound the alarm, you help ensure the safety of the other prairie dogs, but you also encourage the predator to come for you. For you, it is safer to remain silent, but if all guards remain silent, everyone is less safe, including you. What should you do when you see a predator? In a situation like this, I would set the alarm. Although I would be putting myself and many others in danger by doing this, it would eventually save our lives. In addition, we would keep one another safe from the predator after setting the alarm. Together, the other prairie dogs and I would be able to warn everyone about the predator rather than just caring about ourselves and putting the rest of the town in danger. If I chose to remain silent, the decision would lead to danger...