Unit 5 Essay
When I was about seven years old, a kid had stolen a toy that I really wanted. This act made me want to get revenge against the kid who had stolen my toy. My dad explained to me that even though it was the last toy on the rack, it would be the polite thing to just forgive him and let him have the toy. Forgivness and Justice don’t go hand and hand. Forgivness is an emotional type of concept, its spiritual. While forgivness is spiritual, Justice is a physical concept. Justice is a feeling when you know someone did something wrong to you, so you feel like you deserve to do something wrong back to them. In the story “What we Plant, We Eat” you meet two brothers who go through a death and have to eventually forgive each …show more content…
Justice is a physical feeling. You feel because this person screwed you over, now you must do the same back. While it may be easier to just get revenge than to forgive, its healthier to just forgive. In reality, you don’t need to get revenge to feel justice. You could do a kind act or even explain how you forgive what they did. In the story “What We Plant, We Eat” by S. E. Schlosser, you meet two brothers who lived on a rice farm. Their father would always tell them “what you plant, you eat”. The younger brother would always listen closely, while the older brother would roll his eyes and walk away. One sad day, the father passed away and left the land they lived on to the brothers. The oldest brother took the land and the fortune that was left and kicked his little brother out. The younger brother then decided he would build up his own land and become successful himself. One day, the younger brother saw the older brother homeless on the streets, and still took him into his home. Even though the brother had done horrible thing, the younger one didn’t seek revenge, he just forgave …show more content…
Africa elected its first democratic president, and the world went crazy. Crime was insane in Africa until Nelson Mandela made a campainge based on peace and being a roll model for the rest of the world. He wanted South Africa to support peace and positivity, to the point where they didn’t even hold people in jail. They would hold little trials where the crime maker would have the chance to apologize to their victims, and the victims would have the chance to accept and forgive their offenders. Mandela had talked about how doing this instead of just arresting everyone, would cause more peace. He felt South Africa could be a poster county that displayed peace without seeking justice. This way, everyone was friendly with each other, reguardless the
When I was about seven years old, a kid had stolen a toy that I really wanted. This act made me want to get revenge against the kid who had stolen my toy. My dad explained to me that even though it was the last toy on the rack, it would be the polite thing to just forgive him and let him have the toy. Forgivness and Justice don’t go hand and hand. Forgivness is an emotional type of concept, its spiritual. While forgivness is spiritual, Justice is a physical concept. Justice is a feeling when you know someone did something wrong to you, so you feel like you deserve to do something wrong back to them. In the story “What we Plant, We Eat” you meet two brothers who go through a death and have to eventually forgive each …show more content…
Justice is a physical feeling. You feel because this person screwed you over, now you must do the same back. While it may be easier to just get revenge than to forgive, its healthier to just forgive. In reality, you don’t need to get revenge to feel justice. You could do a kind act or even explain how you forgive what they did. In the story “What We Plant, We Eat” by S. E. Schlosser, you meet two brothers who lived on a rice farm. Their father would always tell them “what you plant, you eat”. The younger brother would always listen closely, while the older brother would roll his eyes and walk away. One sad day, the father passed away and left the land they lived on to the brothers. The oldest brother took the land and the fortune that was left and kicked his little brother out. The younger brother then decided he would build up his own land and become successful himself. One day, the younger brother saw the older brother homeless on the streets, and still took him into his home. Even though the brother had done horrible thing, the younger one didn’t seek revenge, he just forgave …show more content…
Africa elected its first democratic president, and the world went crazy. Crime was insane in Africa until Nelson Mandela made a campainge based on peace and being a roll model for the rest of the world. He wanted South Africa to support peace and positivity, to the point where they didn’t even hold people in jail. They would hold little trials where the crime maker would have the chance to apologize to their victims, and the victims would have the chance to accept and forgive their offenders. Mandela had talked about how doing this instead of just arresting everyone, would cause more peace. He felt South Africa could be a poster county that displayed peace without seeking justice. This way, everyone was friendly with each other, reguardless the