The Horrors of Mass Hysteria

Yann Martel’s "We Ate the Children" Last does a good job of demonstrating how easily influenceable society is, all while being narrated in the third-person. This is shown when the narrator speaks on those who were prinicipaly touched by this mode. “The procedure caught on among the young and the bohemian, the chic and the radical, among all those who wanted a change in their lives.” (Martel). The narrator uses this sentence to portray the main demographic of this procedure, who are usually both the most influential and influenceable in society. I think the example of the “young, bohemian and…