Are People Good At Heart? There are billions of people in the world of varying race, age and gender. That interact peacefully everyday under multiple circumstances. However, there is a big question that needs to be answered: Are people really good at heart? Anne Frank believed that all people are good at heart, despite the circumstances that she was in during the extent of World War II. By dictionary definition holocaust is destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. During World War II the mass destruction of an entire population caused the entire world to question the goodness of people. Even during the Holocaust, there were some people who believed in humanity and helping others. Despite the opinion …show more content…
Regardless of his power there was still a small sum of people who undermined him and helped the people in need. This help came in multiple ways individually or through an organization. For those who did not escape or get help in time there were soldiers who would have a good enough heart to help. In One Survivor Remembers there is an example of family members helping family. It was April at the time and the girls dad told her to put on her snow boots knowing they would help her later(Antholis). The evidence here shows that family was always there for you with goodness in their hearts. Another example from this source is the woman who oversaw the prisoners helped her survive by giving her food, “I personally am indebted to her for my own life”(Antholis). This is an example of a member of the Nazi party undermining what she is told for the greater good. When the captors left the prisoners to die in a warehouse help was not far away. The men came and found these frail bird like figures standing there without food and a small amount of water. Kurt Klein was one of the soldiers who liberated the remaining women and married Gerta (Antholis). This example shows the power of being liberated and how their is good in everybody Kurt saw Gerta at her worst and they found love and goodness in each other enough to share a life together. Given these points the actions of several people was instrumental to the …show more content…
In Markus Zusak The Book Thief there are several examples of the strength in friendship and the power of the human will to survive. Max a Jew on the brink of being deported is saved by his friend a Nazi soldier. When Max is in hiding his friend brings him some vital nutrients to survive (Zusak 140). This act shows that no matter what your closest friends are always there and will help you with an open heart. When Hans and Rosa take in Max they are not thinking about their dwindling food supply and minescule income they are thinking about saving a life (Zusak 186). With the arrival of Max Liesel found a life long friend who supported her and helped her through the hard times. When Max leaves and gets captured he is sent on a march through the streets when him and Liesel reunite they are overcome with joy (Zusak 510). This joy of reuniting gives Max hope and knowledge that their is someone waiting for him as soon as the war is over. To sum up the paragraph the kindness within multiple throughout the text a life was saved as well as a lifelong friend
A friend doesn’t have to be a human, a friend can be anyone who cares. This story also taught
Suzak is saying that true friendship is shown through common interests, and friends would do anything for their friend no matter what it is. “The two of them gradually become friends due to the fact that neither of them was terribly interested in fighting. They preferred shooting rolling cigarettes to rolling in the snow and mud. They preferred shooting craps to shooting bullets. A firm friendship was built on gambling, smoking, and music, not to mention a shared desire for survival” (Zusak 175). Hans and Erik’s friendship grew through their share of common interests. All they wanted was to survive and go back home to their families. “It said, “Hubermann, sir.” The voice belonged to Erik Vandenburg. He obviously thought that today wasn’t the appropriate time for his friend to die” (Zusak 177). Erik Vandenburg saved Hans’ life by telling the sergeant that he had the best penmanship and should stay behind. So when Erik went into war that day he never came back meaning Hans survived. Which this shows a true friendship between Hans and Erik. “Now I think we are friends, this girl and me. On her birthday, it was she who gave a gift - to me” (Zusak 235). Max explains that he thinks that him and Liesel are becoming to be friends because instead of him giving her a gift on her birthday she gave him a gift. Liesel brought newspapers home for Max when what she saw one just to show that she cares
To begin with, according to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood”. Even this quote explains that true friendship is when an individual stands for another individual. In the novel Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck examine the idea of friendship between two migrant ranch worker even when there was difficulties. Through the character of Slim and George, author Steinbeck illustrates friendship and reveals that friendships stand up for each other even when is difficult time.
How would you feel if you were a Jew in World War II? Anne Frank was a Jew in World War II. The play we read was called the diary of Anne Frank. She said, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." According to the diary she believed in the quality in people even after hardships her family has endured. Anne Frank had to go into hiding from Hitler because he wanted to kill all of the Jews. He thought that they should not be allowed to practice their religion. Because of this, she had to go into hiding for two years. Here are some ways she showed her belief that people were good at heart. The first reason is she thought of different ways to make her family happy in the darkest of times. The second reason is Mr. Van Daan stole bread to feed himself. The third reason was she found someone to talk to even when she was trapped for two years. She was believing in everyone else as they were breaking down in fear.
Anne Frank a young girl who died believing that people are good at heart. ‘’You could not do this you could not do that.’’ A quote from Anne Frank. Found in the collection book page number 283. In this essay, I will be showing you why Anne might feel certain ways during this hardship.
He was beaten and starved for months at a time and never let the Nazi ’s break him. His faith and hope for a better life were constantly in his mind. He would not let his dreams be crumbled no matter how far into the ground he was pushed.
With friends, our lives will be better, our days will be full of joy, and our unhappiness will fade away. Friends will take care when we are in need as we will support them in everything with the best we have. Life with friends will always give us wonderful memories that we will never forget for the rest of our days. Works Cited Viorst, Judith. A. Necessary Losses: The Lovers, Illusions, Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow.
During World War II and the Holocaust, there was not only mistrust for the government but there was also plenty of mistrust for prior friends and neighbors. In the graphic novel, “Maus (Volume I and II) Vladek Spiegelman makes it very clear to his son, Artie, that one cannot count on their friends. He makes the point that in time of hardship, friends will abandon you quite quickly. Vladek says, “Friends? Your friends…if you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…then you could see what it is, friends! (Maus, VI. 5-6). Throughout the novel, we see examples of this gloomy point proven repeatedly.
The Holocaust is a traumatic history. About six millions of Jews got killed during this period of time. Holocaust is a history of anti-Semitism in Europe, anti-Semitism gained their strength after World War One, Germany had lost the war, so the German people blame the Jews for losing the war, and the Jews became the scapegoat. So Anne Frank is one of those Jews who got discriminate during the Holocaust. She went to hiding with her family, and the diary she wrote during her hiding time remained after she got killed in the camp. Her diary was published after then, and in her diary she had state it “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” I totally agree with her in this statement.
Everyday, their lives are filled with darkness and degeneracy. The whole world’s scared and they decide to swallow the fear. Growing up in a wartime environment isn’t easy at all. All of their lives have been mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood. Yet, Anne Frank still believes that people are good at heart.
The heart is a very important organ in the body. It’s around the size of someone’s hand closed up together in a fist and is located in the chest between the lungs. The main purpose of the heart is to pump blood around the body ( The Structure of the Heart). The heart consists of epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium layers that protect its walls. The epicardium is the membrane of the external heart surface. The endocardium lines the interior portion of the chambers in the heart. Lastly, between these two layers and the thickest, the myocardium is made of cardiac muscles and performs the work of the heart. Collagenous and elastic fibers between the hearts walls and chambers are called fibrous skeleton (Anatomy and Physiology pg.717- 718). It functions as a structural supporter and provides electrical insulation between the atria and ventricles. This is important for timing and coordination of electrical and contractile activity.
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of acts of kindness there is, at last, one which makes the heart run over.”
During Markus Zusak’s book we observe the beauty of humans at many times. One of the most beautiful things a human does is when Max, the jew the Hubermanns are hiding from the nazis, gives Liesel a book that he made himself. But he says that “Now I think we are friends, this girl and me. On her birthday it was she who gave a gift to me”(Zusak 235). Max made this book for leisel by taking paint from the basement and painting over pages in Mein Kampf. He lets the pages dry and then he writes a story on them. He makes this book for Liesel because he can’t afford to buy one, and even if he could he can’t leave the house. But when he gives Liesel the book we also examine humans doing something so unbelievably nice. Liesel accepts max as a friend. Which in the long run will help Max out a lot, because he is locked in the basement and he can’t even go up stairs during the day. So someone who is there to talk to him, and someone for him to talk to will help him out. Throughout this book we watch their friendship grow. Liesel feels bad for Max because he is stuck in the basement so on a regular basis she will tell Max what the weather is like...
“I never see you singing in church.” I held my tongue. There was no way my Sunday school teacher had been watching me during all the songs – just to see me sing! Despite that, I became the loudest singer in church for the next couple years. Though I was only six, I knew I should not care so much about how I appear to other people. But, I could not help it. As I consider the journey of my past eighteen years, I understand how God turned my desire for others approval into a desire for His approval. He transformed my heart by pursuing me, testing me, and preparing me for success. Of the countless temptations, trials, and tests that I have struggled through, one truth
The human heart is one, if not the most, vital organ in the human body. The heart pumps blood through the circulatory system. It is what provides the body with oxygen and nutrients. Of course, without this important, muscular, organ there would be no way to survive. “Everyday your heart beats about 100,000 times, sending 2,000 gallons of blood surging through your body. Although it is no bigger than your fist, your heart has a mighty job of keeping blood flowing through 60,000 miles of blood vessels that feed your organs and tissues” (Watson n.pag.). Any type of damage or restriction to the heart or its valves can reduce pumping. Cardiovascular diseases are examples that cause damage to the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death globally, accounting for thirty percent of deaths. Since the heart has such an important role in the human body, it is critical that it is functioning and working properly. An important medical test used to observe the heart is called transesophageal echocardiography, also known as TEE.