I think what motivates people to kindness or generosity instead of violence or destruction, is that they think about themselves. If you were in Deo’s shoes, you would want someone to help you out. Yeah Deo, really didn’t like getting help from other people, because in his country, he felt like he was a “parasite”, or someone who couldn’t provide for himself. The people from Deo’s country would’ve thought lowly of you. But he didn’t want to be rude, so Deo took the aid just to show he didn’t want to be thought of as rude. Also I think why people helped Deo out was because they felt sympathy towards Deo.
In the book, I was shocked that the Wolfs offered Deo one of their rooms in their house. Because nowadays you rarely see anyone in the real world offering their house to the homeless people. The only help the homeless would get is at the soup kitchen. This is what struck out the most to me; people helping a stranger. Again this is very rare in the world, so it definitely made me think about our world. And how we all should take the time to help each other out.
At first, when Deo arrived to New York, I thought that this book would be a story about how Deo suffered while in New York and how he will bounce back on his own. Go through the pain and sufferings to becoming successful. Deo did bounce back but, not on his own. He had help from Muhammad, Sharon, and the Wolfs. It made me realize how much one person or a group of people can change someone’s life. Just like what Deo said, “No group of people is really too small to change the situation!” (158). I feel like this quote perfectly ties in with our class. I mean we are a group of people trying to maybe change a person’s life, but either tutoring them or whatever help someone needs. Not only will physically helping someone will maybe turn their life around, but also a smile will do, when you can’t do anything.
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