Abigail Vanburen Character Analysis

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“The best index of a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.” I consider this quote by Abigail VanBuren to be very true. What it means is that we can determine someone’s character based on how they treat others. People who will only do good for someone who would return the favor have bad character. Someone like this would take advantage of others to get to where they want to go in life, only having shallow relationships with others and not bothering to hold a genuine friendship.
Another example of bad character could be someone taking advantage of a person who they know is unable to defend themselves or won’t defend themselves. Whether it be the elderly, disabled,

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