Have you read the book “The Kite Runner”? I had to read it for my English class. I didn’t like the book very much, it got very dark very fast. In pretty much the beginning of the book Amir the main character watches his friend/servant, Hassan, get raped and he just walked around the corner until it was over, then when he talked to him right after he finished getting raped Amir just acted like he didn’t see anything happen let alone try to help Hassan. then for the rest of the book he tries to forget that he even saw it and didn’t stop Hassan from getting raped. Towards the end of the book Hassan had a son, Sohrab, who has been taken by the Taliban, he became the slave of the man that raped Hassan Amir was very reluctant to go help him get away but he ended up doing it anyway to try to redeem himself for letting it happen to Hassan. To anyone who has ever watched a fight on the street or watched someone get jumped and didn’t step in or recorded it be a better person. “This is called the bystander effect the more people that are around the less likely someone is to help” http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/the-bystander-effect-would-you-interve.... According to a VicHealth survey in 2013 1 in 4 people do not feel supported enough to speak up or step in when someone is in trouble. Sure it’s cool to show your friends a fight or post it on Facebook to watch it makes people feel amped, but what will make people feel better is if the person that recorded it also recorded someone being saved from a one-sided fight or just breaking them up. This is a video of an apple store getting robbed and the security guard only shows up after they leave even though he is obviously there still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTZl_ng_8T8.
By Ryan Linville
