A Great Deal of Evil

Topic: America as Empire?
Norman Mailer uses the words like evil in his text a few times. Evil is in our everyday life throughout the world. My definition of evil is when someone is going to do something bad and then they actually do it, but they know they are doing wrong. Norman Mailer discussed that the words that Bush uses are evil. He never stated that he was evil, but that his words are. I completely don't understand why someone in America or wherever they may be want to be evil or cruel to someone. When I work in the public I notice the different types of people right here in Central Georgia. In Central Georgia, whether you know it or not there are several evil people here. I run into these types of people several times in Wal-Mart. Each individual has a different definition of evil. Like Mailer’s definition of evil is to have a good idea of the irreparable damage you are going to do and then proceed to do it. In Mailer’s text it stated that Bush uses evil as a narcotic for that part of the American public, which feels most distressed. Bush believes that this country is the only hope of the world.


Evil occurs in my daily routine, whether I am at home, school, or work. When people are cruel toward me and rude I notice how it affects and hurts me, which shows me not to be that way. Don’t get me wrong everyone is not evil, but there are a good many that are. I can understand if they don’t feel good and be upset, but that doesn’t give them the right to be that way every time they see you. I have a situation in my daily life right now that includes this type of behavior. I have someone at my job that does not like me and she tries to pick everything out that I do wrong and doesn’t speak to me unless she has something to say that I am doing wrong and it is not right for her to do that. That is just the evil she has in her, but I speak to her and everything, but sometimes she don’t speak back. Sometimes you have to ignore some people and continue with your day. Mailer uses Bush’s words for an example of what evil is to him.

There is a great deal of evil in Central Georgia, but one who does evil has no idea on how much it may affect another person. For example, Bush when he uses the words that he does maybe he thinks that it will not affect anyone so that is why he uses them. Evil is pretty much an opinion. Evil could be classified into so many different categories. I enjoyed Mailer’s point of view of what evil is to him and I believe that he used a great example in his text.