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Another act of ignorance on McDonald's part-- most employees are not trained to clean a flooded basement. Another question that should be raised is why allow a fast food joint to be operational when a basement is flooded and chemicals and bacteria float with all that stagnant water. Worker conditions are poor because of the poor environment the company is not so urgent on maintaining. 

If any executives of these major corporations were tossed into a situation that these workers were dealing with they would not hesitate to complain and shut down the restaurant immediately. It seems the larger the corporation the more and more disconnected the upper management becomes to the people that are doing the dirty work and the people that are actually making their money

"... people who score high on measures of antisocial personality, low in conscientiousness, high in neuroticism, and low in intelligence have been shown to be more likely to engage in criminal activities, including murder "

"Children who witness poor, unstable relationships between their parents and live in relatively resource-scarce environments are argued to be more likely to adopt short-term, opportunistic mating strategies as adults and riskier strategies for obtaining resources, including theft, violence, and murder"

This article examines murder and provides theories on the causes and rationale for murder. The article provides theory that site neglectful and traumatic upbringings as a potential cause. Also, uneducated and antisocial people are more likely to perpetrate violent acts against their fellow human. Perry exhibits all these traits and has the additional evil influence of Dick encouraging him.

This site gives a comprehensive background of several criminology theories. These include sociological, physical and psychological factors that influence individuals to turn to crime. Both Dick and Perry show signs of the presence of these theories. Perry's home life fits into the social control theory, as does Dick's ability to purposely weaken any social bond he may have created

Following the shooting at Columbine High School, several surveys were conducted to understand how the parents were unaware of their children s violent nature. What they found was a huge communication gap between parents and their children that  led to misunderstanding and anger. This is exactly what happens between Victor and the monster, as Victor is unwilling to communicate, thus creating a barrier between the two. 

This article discussed the controversy on what it means to be a human being. As the field of genetic engineering is quickly growing, ethical concerns arise, particularly what constitutes a human being. If scientists were to create entities that functioned like humans, but did not look like them, there is a question to how they would be treated. This is much like the monster Frankenstein creates, who functions much like a normal human, but is denied equal treatment by others. 

Article about why and how the environment produces so much violent crime.

Willie what are you talking about? It's an article about McDonald's aggression and how angry customers are clowning around and causing commotion! That doesn't mention Jurgis or Joads. It just talks about how the workers, ex-workers, and even customers of the fast food industry get incited to take aggressive action. It reminded me of the chapter of FFN where it spoke of how restaurants are robbed incredibly frequently; and said robberies even result in more deaths than police-related activities. Or something along those lines.

Hahahaha calm down ^ But this is good! It's funny that fast food restaurants are the place for so much crime when they were originally meant as a safe place for families.

"...and she examines how corporations often strip employees of their dignity. Random locker searches and drug testing occur despite what she routinely observes to be honest, hard working co-workers"

That's true. But if you don't keep your employees absolutely paranoid and full of stress, it's possible they might rebel or cause insurrections. So of course, you HAVE to oppress them and take away their pride so that they'll have no self esteem or confidence left.

I agree with Evan because this quote displays a business tactic in which companies continuously strip their workers' of their rights, which leave them with very little hope. However, as seen in GOW, this little bit of hope, along with their lack of money, will allow these workers to stick to their jobs in these environments.