Primarily, George’s life was meaningful because George built houses in his town, giving the townspeople decent and affordable homes. George’s company, The Bailey Building and Loan, helped build Bailey Park, which was full of houses. When he saw what life was like without him, he saw that Bailey Park was a dark cemetery. In the world where George was born, a taxi driver he knew lived in a fine house in Bailey Park. In the world where George was never born, the taxi driver lived in a shack and the taxi driver’s wife and child left him. In short, George Bailey had homes be built …show more content…
George dragged Harry out of the freezing water when he fell in and then George lost hearing in one ear. George prevented his parents from feeling the terrible grief of losing a child. Harry later went on to join the military, shoot down fifteen enemy planes, and save a group of soldiers in a transport from death. If George was never born, Harry would have died as a young child, those 15 enemy planes would not have been shot down and would have likely killed more soldiers, and the group of soldiers in the transport would have died. To sum up, George saved Harry, who in turn saved a group of soldiers and shot down fifteen enemy planes. George indirectly saved many people and therefore has purpose to his