BROTHERHOOD
Brotherhood should be the base of society: it makes
people in the video move a tree which is in the middle of the street blocking
cars pass, so, what can’t it make? While policemen and all the other people are
expecting the tree to move itself, the child, although it seems to be very
naive because of trying so, is capable to, with his gesture, encourage everyone
there to help him. Magically –I say magically because what happens in the video
is inconceivable here- the tree moves.
From
my point of view, Western societies have lost this kind of helping mode, that
most of Eastern societies have, because the stressed life we live. Each of us
have a lot of problems and it seems to be enough reason not to care about the
others. You may say it is not true, that you have seen people helping a blind
man, or an old man or an old woman being helped to cross the road, etc. I have
also seen it, but it appears to me sporadic: I hope it is only my impression. It
is true I have noticed more predisposition to help –now I hope it is not only
an impression-: maybe we all are changing.
That is what the video has made me reflect about. Also
the fact that “poor” societies – and I put it in quotation marks because they
are not poor at all- have the “helping
mode” more activated. Before continuing let me excuse myself for using “poor”,
I have not found the perfect word to express what I mean.
These societies I refer to are those which are not
intoxicated by the I-work-stressed-and-I-don’t-care-about-nobody-but-me
lifestyle. I hope I have made it clear, and here comes why I think they have
this fraternity I have been talking about: they are happier, and they have a
different vision of the world. Our lifestyle here prevents us to see what is
really important: people around.
Marc Flores
2nd A BATX
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