English 48b
February 1, 2008
Professor Lankford
Quote:
My people taught their children never to make fun of any one, no matter how they look. If you make fun of bad persons, you make yourself beneath them. Be kind to all, both poor and rich… and your name can be spoken of by every one far and near.
Summary:
Winnemucca explains the correct way to treat others. We have to always be kind to people who have various backgrounds.
Response:
I think that we should never make fun of people’s appearance. Somebody might be poor to wear something good. Somebody might be born with a not so handsome face. Somebody might suffer from a very bad experience to have a bad outlook. These people who had bad appearance also want to look cool and want to look rich too. However, they couldn’t do this due to many different reasons. Therefore, we should not laugh at them. Or else, we might hurt them. Moreover, the quote also says that we should not make fun of bad persons. Instead, I think that we should teach them to correct their bad behavior. We can help them only by telling them not to do that again, but not laughing at their faults. It is no use to laugh at other people. This behavior is so mean. Lastly, I also agree with the last part of the quote which points out that “your name can be spoken of by every one far and near” if you are kind to the poor and the rich. I think that most of the people feel sorry to the poor and want to help them. However, the thing I want to point out is that many people are so mean to the rich. If the rich needs help, people usually do not provide help or only provide help after getting money. People only feel jealous of the rich. To be fair, I think that people should always help each other, no matter they are rich or poor.
1 comment:
20/20 That's interesting. I admit I haven't seen people being "mean to the rich" lately. Honest. But whatever. My wider concern is that here (as previously) you're straying too far into the realm of your own personal opinion on matters of no direct reference to Winnemucca. Please try to keep the focus on her ideas too, not just your own. I'm not really asking you "what do you think?" in general. I'm asking you "what you think about Winnemucca?"
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