Comparison Between 'Hope, Despair, And Memory'

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In the play "Master Harold" and the boys by Athol Fugard; in the speech "Hope, Despair, and Memory" by Elie Wiesel, they each had the outlook of finding someone who could possible change the world. Ideas or hints are given through parallel structure and repetition in both stories. The thought of having to find a person who changes the world isn't that bad, maybe the world would be better off not having to deal with poverty, domestic violence,and genocide. If everyone could I bet that they would want to change the world as well, there's a lot of bad happening, good things are happening but they don't last long.

The play "Master Harold" and the boys, has some what a lot of problems; the only things that's wrong with it is the way they've came about each other. There isn't a lot of resolving in such ways that there can be peace afterwards, but of course their going to try to forget about in. In this play there is much said in as racism and segregation. Even the family has some problems, but I assume the majority of them in the world would. Each story has problem and there's always a person whose indifference with the others is a small problem.
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Changing people for the better is a good thing, but people changing the world for better seems best. If the world changed like the way the speech described it, yeah it would be a good thing but what if that meant doing something that you didn't like. The thought that people would stop doing bad things in life is a good thing but if it's too good it'll be a problem. If there was no more crime in the world, then that's bad news for the people who try to keep the world a safe

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