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Don 'T Make A Difference In The Film Pay It Forward'

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After watching Pay it Forward, it shows me that you don’t always have to know if you made a difference or not . The reason i don’t think that you have to know if you made a difference or not because in the movie, Trevor was trying to make a difference in the world by helping the homeless . He didn’t think that he succeeded because when he went to check up on him he didn’t come out or to the door. He could feel he didn’t make a difference . After a while, he ended up making a difference through him because the homeless man helped the lady that was going to commit suicide . He talked her out of doing it and talked her into going and getting coffee with him. So therefore no, you don’t always have to know whether or not you made a difference or …show more content…

Also, if you feel you’re helping someone in any way even if it’s harmful you may still feel good about helping them. You shouldn’t though because it’s not good for them. You don’t always feel great while doing good things. It’s weird to actually think of it that way. You’d think that someone would feel amazing if they’re doing good things for people instead of barely feeling anything about it. It’s easier to give someone alcohol or drugs to make them happy rather than trying to do something that’s better for them and try to make them happy that way. You don’t want to make someone go further in their addiction or their bad habits if it’s harming them or someone else. That’s not paying it forward at all .That’s like taking it back, making someone take steps back if they’re trying to better themselves. You want to pay it forward instead of making someone fall back to their bad habits or addiction . To pay it forward means to try to better someone by doing something good for them. Ex: mowing an elderly neighbor’s lawn because they aren’t in the best shape ; help carry some groceries in . Just some simple things could change someone’s life a little. It could easily make someone’s opinion of this generation change. To pay it back means to do something good in return for someone doing a good deed for you . If someone was to do something helpful or good

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