Why Compassion: Why Compassion Is Important To Me

To me, compassion is something important to avoiding anger and hate. To be compassionate is to help those that need it to carry on. To me, showing compassion means to show someone kindness without any ulterior motives. Compassion is to show someone that you care about what happens to them, and how they feel. Being compassionate is to be friendly to the people around you, rather than having an attitude. To me, Compassion is something special that can change someone's heart, and how they see the world. Compassion is a very special thing to me, and for most other people, because compassion can make wondrous things happen, and can pull someone up once they have fallen down a dark hole.

I believe that Elie Wiesel was talking about compassion because

when he was young,world war two was going on. Many Jewish people were struggling to survive, and were heartbroken from the loss of their friends and family. They lost hope, and lived in fear for years. However, many of the Jewish people did have hope in the midst of the chaos. How? With compassion. The Jewish people helped many of each other when they needed it the most. They made each other happy, and gave them hope that compassion could live on, even as they all fell. That is why Elie Wiesel was talking about compassion, because compassion can make people feel at peace, and make them hopeful when they most need it.
There were even instances of compassion in ancient history. In ancient times the Egyptians had enslaved the Hebrewś, and forced them to build wondrous items in their empire such as pyramids, statues, and etc for many many years. They were constantly in pain, but they had hope. Hope that someone would save them. They had this hope, because the slaves were compassionate to each other. They cared for each other, and motivated each other to carry on living. Then one day, Mosis ( with the help of God ) freed the Hebrews from Egypt, and ended their suffering. This act of compassion in history gave depressed and lifeless people hope and determination, and saved not only an entire race of people, but one of the biggest religions in the present. Without this compassion, one of the most popular regions would not exist, and many of the people I know today would be different.
There were also signś of compassion in history less than a century ago. Many years ago, a period in time took place that many call the Holocaust, in which a man named Adolf hitler led a German army that went by the name of Nazi’s. The Nazi’s Hated the Jewish people, and because of this they enforce many laws that discriminated against them. The Nazi’s eventually created concentration camps, where Jews were tortured and killed. As a result, Jewish families would go into hiding, a good example being the Franks and Van daans. They had to live in a tiny secret compartment, always silent, living in fear. Anne Frank, the daughter of Otto Frank, was constantly worried and confused about this. However, her father came to make her feel better. Otto danced with her and talked to her all the time. So did her sister, and peter van daan. This act of compassion would make the person happy, and comfortable, even in the worst of situations. This gave not only Anne, but all of the residents of the hiding place happiness, and hoe for a better life. They were even able to have presents on Hanukkah, and have cake for new years. This shows that compassion can really help in any situation.
I believe that compassion is a human right.

It is, without a doubt, something that every person, not only needs, but deserves. Compassion is a thing that most people need to help them get back up on their feet, and to make them feel better. Compassion could even save someone on the brink of suicide. I have shown people compassion before when they needed it, and people have shown me compassion without me doing something special for them. Saying that compassion is not a right is saying that you have to do something special to earn compassion, and that is if not horrible, then unfair. So yes, compassion is a human right. It is something humans should be able to get without having to earn it. Anyone should be able to be compassionate to someone who needs/deserves

it.
Believe it or not, there is still compassion in our present day.

One night me and my brother were home alone with empty stomachs and nothing in the refrigerator. My brother was nice enough to offer to buy us a pizza. We got in his car, and brought us to Little caesars, and bought a five dollar hot and ready pizza. On the way out, he noticed a man in old battered clothes asked for spare change. My brother decided to give him twelve dollars. This shows that compassion is something that is needed, and is special. Because of compassion, a man with no home had food to eat for the night. If not for compassion, that man would have went to sleep hungry, and that is no way to live. People in the present still need compassion, and it is the job of us fortunate to show compassion to those less fortunate. I used to underestimate compassion when it comes to how special and important it actually is. But over the past few weeks in school, we have studied the Holocaust, and that has shown me the true importance of compassion. Many Jewish people couldn’t do things such as use vehicles, or go to school. Many of them had to hide so they wouldn’t be sent to concentration camps, where many of them were killed. You would think that it was hopeless, but compassion lifted the spirits of the Jewish people. Being compassionate to one another filled them with hope, and made them stronger. This showed me that compassion

is much more important than I initially thought, because I now see that compassion is strong, and can do wondrous things for people. It can save lives, like how it saved the Hebrews, and how it saved some jewish people, and made the people who died happy before their demise. compassion changes lives, and brings joy to those unfortunate. Even in the mist of darkness, there can still be light. If that is true, then compassion makes that light. The light that saves unfortunate souls that dwell in darkness. Compassion is an amazing thing, and the Holocaust taught me this.