Does the bad always creep back up?
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Does the bad always creep back up?
Tris’s mom says, “Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again” (p. 441). Do you agree or disagree? Why?
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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Fair enough, but I think that it "poisons" is a bit strong. I still think that most people are doing the best they can, with the resources available to them, at any given time. Sometimes the best we can is not great, but if it is all we can do at the moment, then it is still trying to live a good life.sammi8764 wrote:I actually kind of think this is true. "Bad" doesn't just means murder or stealing and whatnot. It means judging people, it means lying, it means greed, it means selfishness. And everyone does something "bad" every day. No one can be perfectly good all the time. A person can live a good life, but there's always something else. Maybe they lied to get out of trouble. Maybe they cheated on a test because they didn't study. Maybe they got jealous of someone's designer shoes. No one lives a perfect life. You can be a good person, but there will always be something that keeps you from being perfect. People can be extremely nice , but lying and giving in to personal desires is just as bad as murder, in the fact that it is still wrong. A person can only be so good, until something comes and darkens it a little.
I think if we buy into the idea, that bad will poison even our best attempts, then it would be too easy to say, what is the use, and we will stop growing. We can reach for perfection, even if we will never achieve it, or perhaps, because we will never achieve it.
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