For the last two years now I"ve pondered this question. On June 13, 2001 my best friend Eric died of a heart attack at the age of 15. Ever since then I"ve asked myself, why do bad things happen to good people? Eric was a one in a million friend that a boy could ever want or have. Eric's big smile and caring heart is what made Eric friendly to everyone. Everyone knew him by "worm". We gave Eric this name because of an actor off the movie Friday. .
Webster's Dictionary Thesaurus says "Good" is "Advantageous, benefic, beneficial, brave, favorable, favoring, helpful, propitious" (373).
The three most important words to me are brave, favorable, and helpful. But the one that struck me the most would be brave. To me brave means good because it is good to be brave, but not too brave. Brave is a gene that has been shown by many leaders, kings, and people with a lot of heart. Being brave can bring good. For example, William Wallace was brave which brought freedom to him and his people. .
Webster's Dictionary Thesaurus says "evil is bad, badness, devilry, diablerie, evilness, Satanism, wickedness, wrong" (303).
The three most important words to me are bad, evilness, and wrong. Evilness is brainwashing people into thinking that dying for your country is the way to die. Don"t get me wrong, I"d die for my country any day, but doing it for all the wrong reasons is another thing. Osama Bin Laden is an evil man. He is evil for plotting out 9/11 and for having his people do it. Plotting out a plan where you kill thousands of moms, dads, brothers, sisters, friends, and relatives, is an evil deed. .
After reading several books, I"ve come upon Plato's theory of good and evil. Plato says "are not all things either good or evil or intermediate and indifferent?" (263). This basically says, can you really classify what is good and what is evil? "The things which are neither good nor evil, and which partake sometimes of the nature of good and at other times of evil, or of neither, are such as sitting, walking, running, sailing; or, again wood, stones and the like: these are the things which you call neither good nor evil?" (263).
Bad things are always happening to good people. Why one may ask? ... There are so many people out there in the world that are so bad and nothing ever happens to them. ... They rob, kill, steal, and do all kinds of bad things and nothing ever happens to them. ... Good things can happen to good people, only we have to do our part as well. ...
Parents: Good or Bad? ... Then there are the parents who don't care at all, which can result to teenagers getting into bad things. ... These parents talk to their children about good and bad things, so in case problems arise they?... These parents let their kids do anything they want, whether it is good or bad. ... Parent's who don't care push their kids away from them; as a result they might end up doing things that are bad. ...
You see and hear more bad things than good things. ... Do you ever wonder why evil people seem to get away with so much? How about why good things always seem to happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people? Maybe it is because good people were once bad people, but had something good happen in their lives to make them change. Maybe bad people were once good people, but something bad happened in their lives to make them have a change of heart. ...
Why does God Allow People to Suffer? ... When things are going good, few people turn to God and say thank you. ... Why is it that all the bad things happen to the good people while the wicked get away scott free? ... Using that analogy, perhaps God allows some things to happen to good people so that they will be become tougher and able to handle more than they were able to before. ... Good things come to those who wait, and perhaps when one sees the reward, it was worth the wait. ...
You have more good times than bad. ... WHY IT'S HARD TO "JUST BREAK UP- - REASONS WOMEN STAY Friends and relatives often ask themselves why someone would remain in a bad relationship. ... More often than not, people in bad relationships do feel love. ... This good side gives birth to unfounded optimism that the things will get better, despite all evidence to the contrary. ... Though there are many decent people out there with good qualities, sometimes those good qualities blind us from the fact that our relationships are unhealthy. ...
If this is true, however, then why do things such as the Holocaust, slavery, war, and even the Salem witch trials happen? ... As a reverend, Hale is a messenger of God on earth, and he certainly does not do a good job. ... Certainly, Abigail knows that she is not being a good Christian by doing the terrible things she does. ... However, as we have seen throughout history, terrible things such as slavery and the Holocaust have happened under God's watchful eye, and it seems as though He has done little to stop them. ... This is why he is so torn up by the fact that Danforth wants him t...
One of these principles being that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", which simply means the things that a person may do in life could be intended on good, but can result in the exact opposite. ... This is definitely a good intention gone bad, because all that Chong was trying to do was give Horace an opportunity to clear his payments, and the result is Horace shooting himself, and Chong feeling that the suicide is because of his wrong decision making. ... The same type of thing happens to Mac. All Mac tries to do get a little money by going to Doc and bringing him Tomcats, whi...
Theme in "Good Country People" In the short story, "Good Country People", Flannery O" Connor uses symbolism in names such as Mrs. ... The illusion is that all "country people" are good, honest people, and the reality is that everyone has some bad or evil in them. ... She also said that "people who looked on the bright side of things would be beautiful even if they were not"(133). ... And when Hulga asked him what he was doing, and "aren"t you just good county people?" ... So be very careful with anyone you happen to meet. ...
Many people who are placed in these stereotypical groups worry about everything they do, which will cause a lot of stress, because they are so worried about being perfect to society's eyes rather than themselves. Nobody likes to be criticized all the time, but it happens all the time. ... In other words, you will take people's negative stereotypes and laugh about it, then continue on with your day like nothing happened. ... That's why we have to have the strength to ignore these negative stereotypes and continue a positive stress free life. ... People need to learn to start pay...
