The Evil Inside Us All

The current topic of our readings and discussions is "Monsters and Ourselves."  This got me thinking about whether or not there is an evil monster inside all of us, and if so, is it there from birth, or does it develop as we grow?  In my opinion, I think that there is an evil monster inside everyone, and that everyone is born with it, and it just grows, or shrinks depending on how we are raised, and the choices that we make.  A perfect example of this is in the novel The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.  In this novel, Dr.Jekyll is a very generous, and kind man.  Although, once he forms a potion that is able to seperate the good and evil sides of him, he begins to get enjoyment out of the things that Hyde does, and therefore Hyde, or the monster inside of him begins to take over.  Jekyll also enjoys the fact that he can do heinous deeds as Hyde, and never have to suffer the consequences as Jekyll.  In the real world, our evil monsters inside can also grow just as Jekyll's did.  One of the things that makes it grow is how we are raised, and taught to view the world.  Earlier this month, a 17 year old boy named Treyvon Martin was shot and killed in a neighborhood in Florida.  The man who shot him was a 28 year old neighborhood watch captain named George Zimmerman.  Currently, all of the details are not very clear, and the case is still being examined, but one of the suspected reasons that George Zimmerman shot Treyvon Martin is because he was African American.  This distinction, and the stereotyping of races is taught to us because of the society that we are raised in.  This is one of the things that causes the evil monster inside of us to grow.  Therefore, if this is true, then the evil monster inside of George Zimmerman took over that night, when Treyvon Martin was shot and killed.