DeathofExtremismResultsfromDeathofSocialCare Tomoveornottomove,adilemmathathadbeenplaguingWengBiaofortwomonthswasfinallyresolvedinaburningway。Withhistworoomshackknockeddownbythegovernmentsbulldozer,Wengmadeadesperateattemptofpouringacanofgasolineonhimselfandsparkingafire。Hewasdead,whichraisedthetensionbetweenthegovernmentandtheinhabitantstomovegreaterthanever。Sowhoistoblame?Nospecificculpritbutthesocietyitself。Itistheillsocialresponsetothoseinneedthatledtothebehaviorofextremismandtheensuingun Wengsstorytypifiesthebuddyshipbetweensocialinstabilityandextremebehavior。Thebulldozernotonlypulleddownthefamilysshelterbuttheirlasthopeofgettingthejusticedoneaswell。Withouthome,withoutfear。Itistheboldnessfromdespairthatignitedthewantonbreachofsocialrule,whichbasicallycomesintheformofextremebehaviorlikeselfburning。Turmoil,thestateofrulelessness,thusstarted。 Butwheresthesociety?Hasiteverdonesomethingtostopthetragedy?No!Allwecanseeissilencetilltheburningday。Andtheworseisyettocome。InthecaseofZhangXinpin,adepressedboywhojumpedoutofthebuildingtodeathbecauseofwowingfromthespectators。Societysimplyfacilitatesthesadendbyinducingthevictimtotheextreme。 Throwthecardsofneglectandinstigationintothetrashbox,andwegetthetrump。Thatisthecareforothers。IfWengBiaohadbeengivenachancetopourhisworrytosomebodyand thatpersonofferedtolendahand,thefirecouldprobablyhavebeenavoidedeventhoughthedemolitionwenton。Why?Becauseasenseofbeingcaredaboutisgained。Weng,formerlyfoughtbyhimself,nowfoundsomethingtorelyon。Similarly,ifthesocietyapproachestheextremisttobe,listenstohissufferinganddoessomesupportivethings(comfortingwords,donation。。,anythingwilldo),thehorribledecision,onceasstiffasapoker,willmostlybegivenup。 Yet,theproblemisnotover。Whatiftheextremebehaviorreallyhappens?Whichroleshouldthesocietyplay? First,thedignityofthevictimhimselfdeservesfullrespect。Blamingthevictimforhisstupidityonlyirritatesthekindofpeoplesharingthesamesuffering。 Second,thecauseoftheeventshouldbepublicizedifithasanythingtodowithmostpeoplesinterest。Otherwise,Rumorswillerodepeoplestrustinthesocietywhileturmoilcanwellbestirredupbythewidespreadanxiety。 Last,theproblemthatbringsaboutthetragedyissupposedtogetasolution。Itcanbetheestablishmentandmodificationoflaws,orsimplymoreattentiontothegroupofpeopleinneed。 Itcountshowwedotocurbtheextremebehaviorforthesakeofsocialstability。Thebestpolicy,asIsaidbefore,istocareforthepeopleintrouble,maketheeventknowntothepublicifnecessaryandhealthedefecthiddenbehind。 简评 这是一篇很有特色的GRE作文。一提起GRE作文,很多同学马上就将其与academicwriting,与goodreadEnglish等同起来。因此,很多同学拼命写出一些连自己都似懂非懂的非常正式的句子。因为不懂,这些句子其实自己很难写出来;惟一的门路只有靠模板用模板拼文章。这样制造出来的文章难免千人一面,难免有抄袭嫌疑,也就难怪一些考G同学被判死刑,一些写作本来不错的同学考试归来成绩平平,大呼郁闷。其实对ETS评分标准稍有研究的人都知道最重要的是思想内容的深刻思路清晰。另外,这篇文章的语言也非常有特色:andtheworseisyettocome等精炼的句子都显示出作者深厚的英语功底。