Narrative Essay: All People Are Good At Heart

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I believe that all people are good at heart. Sometimes, it can be easy to watch the news, and start to believe that the world is full of “dreadful” people. These criminals are dehumanized when we hear about them doing awful things in the news that may not be true. Those criminals that are mentioned might not necessarily be awful people either. While bad people do exist, the world is most definitely not full of them. For every one person that could bring us harm, there are a thousand others who would rather help us. All people may have dreadful moments, and come off as rude during a hard time or a tough day, but that is everyone. Everyone has difficult days and sometimes that needs to be noted when judging one’s personality. One concept I …show more content…
He lived with them forever, but they never cared enough to save the money for his teeth. The man couldn’t live on his own and it honestly saddens me to think about. Although, in the end, my family as well as the community gave back to him in his time of need. This verily reminds me of what good the people do. I sometimes take for granted how nice they are, and how much they love to help others. I naturally think my family is morally good despite what some say, but what they did for this man certainly showed me how good they …show more content…
This story mentions one of the main themes that I believe makes a person good which is giving. Not only did the community give to each other, but almost everyone that knew about the disaster helped as well as the government, and numerous charity programs. This is only one example of the numerous times people have helped each other during natural disasters, yet this one means the most to me.
In conclusion, I believe that people naturally can be good at heart. Just because in these stories people, mainly gave back, it doesn 't mean that it is the only way to be a good person. There is not a specific rubric as to what a good person is composed of, but there are some great characteristics. In the stories I mentioned, some of the characteristics included the ability to give back, loving others for who they are, and forgiveness. People are good in my eyes no matter what anyone else says, and this is what I

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