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Throughout life, one is to see many people they don’t know Humans walk past each other and no interaction occurs. Depending on a particular situation one might be in, it can change the ability to react, help and care for a stranger in need. In the article “We are all bystanders”, by Jason Marsh and Dacher Keltner, it shows how in certain settings people don’t act to help another, even though one might want to. “Everyday Stuart would board the bus and a couple of boys would tease him. I would sit silent and watch. I wish I would’ve helped” (Marsh/Keltner 3). People develop a feeling that prevents them from caring for strangers. This is due to a thought of peer pressure or judgement that could be given to an individual for taking action.

In our book groups we discussed two essays “The Connection Between Strangers” by Miles Goodwin and the essay “The People Who Love You When No One Else Would” by Cecile Gilmer. In my group we said that “no matter how big or small your act of kindness is, it could change someones life” was demonstrated in both essays. In the first essay, “The Connection Between Strangers”, shows this because this little girl walked up to this solider and congratulated him. Little did she know, that the small action had changed the soldier’s life, as he said in the essay, “That girl undoubtedly has no memory of what happened years ago… It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The important thing is she did” (Goodwin 83).

The short story"Aha Moment" by Julia Alvarez demonstrates that the point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on. The story expresses the idea that simple acts of kindness can make a great impact on people both mentally and physically. It can turn frightening and tense situations into assurance and aplomb. In paragraph 8, it is stated," no one screamed,no one panicked. I could hear small pockets of soothing conversation everywhere." By holding the hands and by chatting about everyday life, the passengers emboldened each other and created an optimistic atmosphere. The author points out,"someone was comforting me and kept asking me,'Are you okay?" According to Julia if someone does something good and beneficial for you, you should pass

The example that affected me the most was when there was a homeless man walking across the street towards a mother and child. Due to instinct, the mother held the carriage closer and harder. To ensure the safety of her and her child, she gave him money. It was not that she felt compassion for him, but instead, she thought that this would keep him from harming herself and her child. It was not that the man acted in any unacceptable way, but that the woman and child were the ones at risk. The author shows compassion as more of a transaction as “the man stands and stares.” The fixed stare made her feel uneasy and nervous. It is as if time stopped. it was not a genuine act of kindness on the mother’s part or that she felt sympathetic for him. There is symbolism of protection “[when the mother] passes a folded dollar over her child’s head.” The man “does not know that acceptance of the gift and gratitude are what make this transaction complete.” It is visible that the woman only offers to help the man out of

For example when I became friends with people from my soccer team they showed me something that I am forever thankful for. I was never a person to go to church. I never understood it. My father is a catholic and my mother was religious to an extend. Since my father didn’t stay with us it was me and my mom and it seemed like we never had time to go to church. When I made friends with my soccer team-mates they brought me with welcome arms to their church. Now this is my church. I’ve learned kindness in a different way now. I treat others in a different light

One great example of this is when Tea Cake saves Janie from the rabid dog. After the incident, Janie says to Tea Cake, “You was twice noble tuh save me from dat dawg. Tea Cake, Ah don’t speck you seen his eyes lak Ah did. He didn’t aim tuh jus’ bite me, Tea Cake. He aimed tuh kill me stone dead. Ah’m never tuh fuhgit dem eyes. He wuzn’t nothin’ all over but pure hate” (Hurston 167). Tea Cake and Janie are escaping from the hurricane when they came across a rabid dog. Janie is holding onto a cow in the water, while the dog is on the cow’s back. The dog walks toward Janie wanting to kill her. Tea Cake dives into the water and stabs the dog to death. The dog put up a good fight because it bit Tea Cake on the cheek. Tea Cake also puts Janie before himself when he consoles her because Janie is afraid of where Tea Cake has gone. The text says, “He found Janie sad and crying just as he had thought. They calmed each other about his absence” (171). Tea Cake is taken away to help clean up the casualties and Janie does not know where he had gone. He is thinking about her the entire time he is away, and he knows that Janie is worried about him. When he returns, he immediately goes to cheer her up. Tea Cake is a very caring and loving

I wasn’t aware of the importance of doing good for others, until recently that I witnessed it with my own eyes. It all started when was at Chicago, a random man helped out a homeless man and bought him some food. I noticed as I was in line that the cashier then gave the helping man a free choice to pick something he wanted due to the action he did. After that day I began to make an attempt at helping out more and being a better person in general.

Th instance Schwalbe gave us was taking a pot of unguarded donated money. The person taking if will benefit financially, but the recipients would suffer. The suffering trickles all the way down from the donators to the individuals loved ones. When the individual was contemplating taking the money they were just thinking of the benefit they would receive, not the toll it would take on others. To be sociologically mindful we must consider the affect that our outward actions and feeling will have on other people. To be able to feel for and with others we must respect others feelings. Showing this can be as simple as social courtesies such as, simple greetings, saying thank you, or holding a door. Doing these small acts not only benefits an individual but also shows how they feel about themselves and want to be treated. Most human behavior is characterized by how we feel others react to and evaluate us. Because of this we usually fall back to traditions. We let the society we are in shape us, and because this is comfortable, one does not typically question it. It’s hard to feel socially accepted when you imagine others judging

This is the story of me being a bystander for my own benefit. Back when I was in high school I used to change schools often due to my family moving. but after we settled in our new house, I join an English high school, this was my first time at an English school. Everybody there were so friendly and very helpful. This was very different to me because my past school’s I was always the “new kid” I was not wanted around much, so having to be the center of attention in the new place with everybody wanting to know me and introduce me around was very pleasing and I never wanted it to end. But the thing is I was not the only new student to join there was another student that was with me that did not get the same treatment that I’m getting. At first I thought it was because he was alone and did not talk much. However, it turned to be because I was so overwhelmed by all this friendliness that everybody forgot about him. I could have gone to him and introduced him to everybody but I did not because I had something that I never had before and I did not want it go away or even share this with anybody. Know well that I could do something to give him a better experience but I chose to be a bystander as I watched and pretended that there is nothing wrong. Looking back on this I can see the moral diffusion that I was in and I can see the author view of such

An example of this is when soldier, Paul Bäumer is forced to kill another soldier in hand to hand combat. Paul could have been heartless, and not felt the need to reflect on his actions or the lives he had just changed, but he is not. Paul says, “ Comrade, I did not want want to kill you…. But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me.” He further goes on to reflect about how the French soldier’s wife is now a widow and that the mans children may starve without a provider of income.

A new high school called Apex Friendship was just built in Apex, North Carolina. The new high school is only open to freshman and sophomores of the 2015-16 school year. In the booming town of Apex people come from all over to take advantage of its growing economy and its welcoming community and also the great reputation of the schools. Apex Friendship had many critiques and people with many expectations of what this school was to become. I was thinking this could either be very, very, bad or one of the best experiences of my life. Many people thought it would be a great school, and the students that would graduate from the school would be a great representation of the community from where they went to school at. Others, mainly the students

An illustration of altruism was when Max put Freak on his shoulders. Numerous times in the book Freak the Mighty, Max puts Freak on his shoulders and they get-up-and-go on “adventures”. The two would fight bullies with Maxes size and Freaks non-floccinaucinihilipilification brain and reacquire abducted purses. Max was so adjoined with Freak, Freak salvaged Max's life. What happens was Max was kidnapped by Killer Kane and Mr.Kane was choking Loretta and Max started screaming “I saw you do it, I saw you kill her” and Mr.Kane gazed at Max like a reconnaissance. Then Freak came in with his water pistol and said it was acid and it will burn you. Killer Kane said “No that's a lie” but Freak squirted the acid in his eyes and Max and ran for it. So

In Slob, Owen’s friend Nima showed compassion to Owen when he told Nima that his parents died. This is shown in the text: “‘What did you say?’ I asked. ‘I pray for your honored parents. Also, I pray for the man who killed your parents.’” This shows that Nima is showing compassion to Owen when he prays for his parents who died. Likewise, Bree shows compassion to Ally when they talk about what Ally will experience when she moves out of the campground. For instance, “‘Drugs? Street Crime?’... ‘Sorry, but that stuff is everywhere.’ ‘Not here!’ ‘Well, everywhere else. But don’t worry Ally. You’ll be fine’” (Mass 129). This shows that Bree is showing compassion to Ally by telling her not to worry and that she’ll be fine when she moves out of the campground. In both of these situations, characters showed compassion to each other through their words, and, therefore were able to help each

In May, 2013, in a small school called Robert’s Ferry, a fifth grader was waving goodbye to all of his well-made friends in his school. His whole life was ahead of him, and he had already accomplished multiple things at his school, educationally or not: clearly smartest kid, surrounded by friends, for he was very charismatic and had amassed a friend army of his entire class, and was planning on becoming a Chemical Engineer, for which he had already planned his High School classes, which would be followed by scholarships to UC Merced/Stanford, and then he would travel to CalTech in Southern California to earn a PhD in Engineering. He would miss his friends over the summer, but he knew that he would see them again next year; he also just joined

For instance, when I was in high school, there were many foods thrown away that I saw go into the trash because students were required to have a certain amount of food for lunch. So one day, I purposely tried to go outside of the cafeteria without grabbing a fruit to see what will happen. As I was heading out, the lunch lady by the door stopped me and made me grab a fruit from the cafeteria. This situation I went