People are cruel, not just cruel to themselves, but cruel to those who didn't even know them. This Cruelty is shown in a variety of ways. People who are political activists seem to get it the worst. Some cases end with the death of the activist, while others end with the person living long enough to tell there story. In the cases of antinuclear activist Karen Silkwood, and antiapartheid activist Stephen Biko, they show human cruelty at its most basic level. Stephen Biko, was a political prisoner, and Karen Silkwood was a victim of workplace harassment. Both cases ended in the death of the activists. Stephen was tortured, possibly poisoned, and beaten, and Karen was followed, spied on, poisoned, and later killed in a car crash. Karen was tortured mentally, while the case of Stephen Biko focuses on...