Jr. to Sr.

I am very soon going to transition from a junior in high school to a senior, and really I am relieved that the hard part is finally over (arguably). I feel that the drama, headache, and rush of being a junior is over, and I'll get to kind of slow down and enjoy the rest of high school.
Now with my junior year, it's exactly what I said previously, drama, a headache, and a rush, although it was fun. Most of the important things in my teenage life have been dealt with this year, and I'm glad it's over.
So I'm a senior now, or will be soon, and I finally get to actually stop and think about things, like the rest of my life! And what it's going to be like being in the senior class at the school, standing out among all the younger students. It will definitely take some getting used to.

My survival

To guarantee my own survival I really don't know to what lengths I would go, but I guess I would go to the limits of my abilities, and use/do whatever I could until my last breath. To be honest I've never thought about it but I think I would even resort to the most desperate of measures, although I value the survival of others over my own. I would definitely not go to the lengths as say a sociopath would, or a killer, or anything like that, but i would do whatever I could until I could do no more.

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Sociopath's minds control others for protection.

A sociopath goes to the greatest of lengths to survive by using others for his or her own gain usually causing much internal emotional havoc.

Sociopath's will to survive

Sociopath's minds control others for protection.
A sociopath goes to the greatest of lengths to survive by using others for his or her own gain usually causing much internal emotional havoc.

“Ever since I visited Dr Robert Hare in Vancouver, I can see them, the psychopaths”-Robert Hercz

The sociopathic manipulator, also known as a psychopath, is a human being who lacks any and all emotion, remorse, guilt, or any feelings whatsoever. Due to their lack of emotional attachment to the world and what’s around them, they have no interest in anything except the emotions of other people, and how other people live their lives and react to every aspect of this world. The emotions of others fascinate them for they know not of such a thing. Because of this curiosity, they are driven to manipulate people by their emotions that “hold them back” and set back to watch how the person (pawn/victim) handles what they are put through.  Also this drives them to have to find a way to survive as what they are (sociopathic) and to keep them from being discovered; and what better way to do that than by doing what they know best? Manipulate. The process of gaining, using, and disposing of people they control (here on referred to as either pawns or victims) is a potentially lengthy and risky but destructive process that only a sociopath would be able to pull off with ease.

A sociopath excels in the ability to gain people’s interest and trust by promising hopes and dreams that they cannot obtain themselves, doing this to lure and deceive people into his scheme.

Fiona McColl writes in her article Eight Ways to Spot Emotional Manipulation “If you ask them to do something they will almost always agree – that is IF they didn’t already volunteer to do it first.” He begins by appearing subtly charming to attract and deceive a victim. He tries to see the weaknesses of these people so he can con and convince them with what they desire, promising power most of the time, but are incapable of achieving on their own. These cravings lead to “victims” deeper into the control of the sociopath.

 Fiona also says “When you tell them it doesn’t seem like they want to do whatever – they will turn it around and try to make it seem like OF COURSE they wanted to and how unreasonable you are.” Through the charm and deception of people by luring in and showing compassion, especially the ones that could protect or advance his position, he excels in his game and becomes almost invulnerable in his own mind. This ego causes him to seem very secure and charming to those around him, when really he is just happy his game is progressing as predicted.

 In conclusion, the game a sociopath plays to ensure his survival start with drafting in pawns for him to use to achieve what he wants, which is nothing more than entertainment and a position that will make sure he will not be discovered.

After the pawns are obtained and put into play, the next step is to move them; to manipulate them to gain what the sociopath needs and what is necessary for him to remain untouched.

Fiona once again says “They can make you feel guilty for speaking up or not speaking up, for being emotional or not being emotional enough, for giving and caring, or for not giving and caring enough.”The first act is to use the people’s conscience against them, and the sociopath is the best at this for he has not a conscience or guilt to tie him down. After finding the pawns weakness, he exploits these by pursuing their guilt, anger, fulfillment, hope, etc. to gain more intimate control of the person.

In the book The Psychopath Next Door by Martha Stout , it states “The problem with their game is that we don’t play by their rules” After that the actual control is implemented. He will use the person by putting them in situation and doing certain thins to help the sociopath gain what he wants or needs, all the while tearing down the victim little by little. For example, if the sociopath gains control over an aggressive, or very violent person, then he could simply have him kill another who he might have a problem with, or just for the heck of it and the enjoyment of the monster in which caused this to happen or maybe to remove a threat.

All in all, the second step is usually the most destructive and cruel part of his rampage, due to the fact that so many people get hurt, put through chaos, or even killed.

Finally, after a pawn is used to his full ability, or just has no further use, is thereof disposed of in any way possible and/or capable; no matter how inhumane physically or mentally.

One way to set up a victim for disposal is for the sociopath will “trap” him or her in a situation that they cannot get out of, then be abandoned by the person they relied on, their “master” as of this point, and are torn down by their inability to handle what they have gotten into.

And finally the last scene is entered, and the pawn in destroyed, mentally and/or physically. After the person is trapped and abandoned, they start to break down and view themselves as “losing everything” or just becoming mentally unstable as they are left with no further guidance. At this point they are broken and torn apart, and the sociopath has no sympathy for them, as they have no emotion to begin with; they are just another tool that has been used until it is broken and useless. The sad part being that they were nothing more than playthings to him, used to satisfy his own entertainment needs.

With all of this said, there are still those who think of a sociopath in a different light, that they are just like everyone else aside from their lack of emotion, and they are just trying to find a way to fit in; they aren’t all malevolent. This is true, they are not all evil in their ways, they are just trying to find out how emotion works, but many of them have the idea of “no emotion to tie them down” go to their head, and they soon think they are better or more powerful than the average person, causing them to begin with manipulation.

In the end, no matter motive of the manipulator, the old pawns are disposed of and replaced with a new more useful set.

A psychopath is a type of human that lacks many necessary and important human qualities, thus making them more open and free to do as they please. This makes them highly dangerous given the potential. So in the future, hope to never cross paths with this kind of person because the risks are severe and your life could be on the line, be wary.

Call of the Wild Book Review

Jack London's Call of the Wild interested me with it's anthropomorphic implementation to a pampered dog reverting to a wild and more primitive state of mind.

The setting plays a huge role in the development of Buck, so I find it one of the most important aspects of the book. The setting is the key factor in Buck's change from pampered to wild. This is because he goes from the calm and serene, mostly dull, country side to the harsh and unforgiving terrain of the Yukon, forcing him to change his entire aspect of life and himself. This is the main contributing factor to his change because if it wasn't the Yukon, then he wouldn't have become a sled dog, he would not have to deal with the snow, and basically every change that happened would not have happened, or would have happened differently.

In my opinion the life lesson (theme) of this book is that no matter how deep you bury your true instincts, they are still there and can still become dominant, especially if it is needed. For example, Buck was met with many hardships do to his buried primal instinct, as in the lack of leadership, and the lack of basically knowing what to do in a pack, but after his true primordial self began to emerge everything came easier to him as he accepted what he was.

I believe one connection I could make with this book would be to White Fang, also by Jack London. I would connect them because they both use anthropomorphism with a canine, a dog and a wolf. I find this interesting because in his novels he portrays the two animals with different humanoid personalities. Their personalities differ in that they both see and think of humans in a different "light". Buck thinks of humans as humans, while the wolf in White Fang thinks of them as gods, causing how they treat situations to differ. Another connection would be to that of real life, humans to be precise. Buck is so well anthropomorphically portrayed, that I believe even a human in those situations would have reacted in the same exact fashion, ironic given that Jack London (a human) is speaking for how he thinks Buck would react.

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested at seeing life through the point of view of an animal, and that wants to read an engaging story about how a dog handles a situation given to him that no normal every dog could conquer.