Essay On Human Experience

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Throughout the world there are many issues and concerns but there is one bigger problem, People. People cause problems around the world but sometimes people need help. Throughout this essay I will talk about the Documentary called: The Human Experience and describe how rough these homeless people and the kids in Peru have it but even worse the men, women and children that live in the leper village. The world consist of too many homeless people/forgotten people and people with illnesses. All these people need is another chance to get back on their feet, another chance at life.

Throughout the documentary The Human Experience the boys noticed how much easier there lives were compared to the people that lived on the streets of New York and the
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Even tho these people are just living or are in pain they make the best out of everything.
The men and women on the street of New York that were shown were helping out the the guys out with ways to survive like where to sleep and where they can get food. You would think that the homeless people would just be a ton of drunks but some of them were good people that just lost there job.
In the Leper village the people were happy to meet people they didn't just push the boys away or not talking to them they made conversation, and made jokes. If you saw them on TV you would think ‘’what ever or I don't care they're probably already dead”, but in person this would be a whole new perspective. This is why I think we should see, look and feel for what they have to say before we make a decision what we think about them.

Through this essay I described why and how these people live and how hard they have it compared to us and we should think before we speak before we make a decision to Judge them. All they need is another chance to get back onto their feet, another chance at

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