Trevor In F. Scott Fitzgerald's Pay It Forward

In chapter 5, The Elements of Moral Philosophy (68) what makes an act altruistic is based on the desire of wanting to help to someone. This statement leads me to believe that jerry’s actions were genuinely altruistic. Fixing the truck was jerry’s way of paying it forward. Paying it forward is an act of doing a good deed by helping each other without expecting anything in return. When jerry was fixing the truck, his act was altruistic because he wasn’t expecting anything in return, when Trevor’s mom asked him if he was doing it to pay back Trevor he says “I can’t pay back Trevor, I’m paying it forward”. Nothing about jerry’s actions were selfish, he didn’t do it to live in garage longer since he got a job and a place to stay. If Trevor’s mom

To change the world is an impossible goal, but to change the world around you is something anyone can do, ultimately leading to a ripple and changing the world further. My involvements in my community, family and job have taught me how to be an asset to society, making a difference in other’s lives.

Trevor is a martyr because he suffered death and many sympathized how much Trevor cared for the world and his surroundings. When millions gathered for Trevor it became obvious that many sympathized him for his actions and creating the chain, “Pay it Forward.”

The legacy of this modest, kind, helpful teenager has impacted the world in ways that he couldn’t have

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.

He enjoyed working on projects that had a social impact; which makes sense because “Handlebars” showed how the society could affect a person and how that person’s choices could affect society.

The “Pay It Forward” concept developed by Trevor required that a person assist someone with a major favor. In return, the person will ask for the recipient of the favor to “pay it forward”. To pay the action forward, the person must assist three more people with a large favor. The theory is that this will cause the movement to grow exponentially and to eventually change the world. This theory is reliant on the fact that everyone who is asked to pay it forward actually

In the video “On the Road: Middle School Football”, the players had a positive effect on a learning disabled boy. First, Steve Hartman talks to Keith, the learning disabled boy. “What was it like when you crossed the line?” Steve asks Keith. “Awesome!” Keith replies. (On the Road: Middle School Football). Keith finally got a chance to do something he would probably never do and he went from being like a nobody to making everyone’s day. Another example of this is from Justice Miller, the wide receiver. “Justice Miller says how he went from caring about himself and his friends to caring about everyone and trying to make everyone’s day in everyone’s life.” (On the Road: Middle School

The concept of “paying it forward” has been popularized in the news and social media. For one waitress, paying it forward has turned her entire life around. These two people experienced an unlikely chain of events that would change their lives forever.

Hi, Zarquis. This is a great discussion, good job! I like how you summarized the video. Like you said, If we do small things and changed the world, then next generation can live in the better world. It would be difficult to change everything at once, but making it better is not that hard. "Pay it forward" is simple act, so everyone need to involve it. But, we need to make sure that we do not need to do it to do favor for someone. I like how you hold door, and grocery bags.. etc for people. It is not that hard, but not a lot of people do that. I respect you and I hope other people see your behaviors and they do it as well in other

He realized that helping needy children in underdeveloped countries gave more meaning to his life. It gave him a greater feeling of accomplishment by helping educate children. Knowing that education is the key to help change the lives of these children forever. Furthermore, Wood not only helps children with books, libraries, and scholarships but also helps them with his time and valuable time donated by others that are willing to help.

On Trevor McKinney’s first day of his seventh grade year his social studies teacher, Eugene Simonet, assigned the whole class an assignment that would be something they would try to do during the whole year. The assignment was, “Think of an idea to change our World — and put it into action.” After being assigned the assignment Trevor knew what to do. He then came up with “pay-it-forwardism.” This is when one does a selfless act for three people, and then those people do the same for three more people and so on and so forth.

His idea is to help three people with one big thing for each person and then once someone helped them they would have to help three other people and it just keeps growing until everybody helps someone. From Trevor’s idea alone a homeless man saved a woman's life, a man got a new car after he got wrecked, a man potentially saved someone's daughters life, and most importantly his teacher and mother found love all because of this simple idea to help a person in

Erin was explaining how her father had an impact on her daily life. “I’ve learned to be less selfish and to help others in need. During last Thanksgiving, he brought my sister and I to a local soup kitchen. For a few hours, we made and packaged food to give to the homeless” (Kinaci). This describes how Erin’s dad is trying to get her into the habit of volunteering to do good deeds for people who are not as privileged as her. When you finally stop thinking about yourself and start to think about others, you are lending them a helping hand and pulling them from their dark struggles such as poverty to the light-filled side of opportunities such as a new beginning. As a role model, it is important to be selfless because you are giving hope to those who need it in order to keep going. You are also voluntarily leading others to the path of accomplishment and

During a few of our classes we have learned about globalization, and a little bit more about the world we are currently in. This lesson entirely introduced me to the new problems that we are faced with today in current society. This lesson has impacted me a lot. I also learned how much donations and little actions can benefit everyone in every way. When we were putting away jackets I thought a while after about all the people who’d have something to wear this winter. The part was that they didn’t have to donate at all, but people continued to do so. It was the same with the food hamper, although we did not get many donations this year, people still had the thought to bring things in. No one was obligated to bring anything in at all, but merely encouraged. These small actions are going to be able to make others lives better.