When it comes to good and evil, I think good can outweigh evil as much as evil could outweigh the good. In a way they are more balanced, yet not fair to each other. A well-known saying says; “All good things must come to an end”, that’s when evil takes over but eventually will lose its power and good gets to come around once more. The way I see it is as if it’s a pattern without the having the pattern recognized or too repetitive.
Some may believe in Karma and others don’t but whether it’s good, bad, right or wrong, everything has to come to an end at some point only no one could tell; only time will. Good and evil comes in various ways such as shapes, sizes, and with time it has a certain length. It somehow fits and gets into any situation and problems since the world can remember. History is a great way to learn about good and evil because history itself also has a pattern, but from it, we learn from it and make sure it doesn’t repeat itself.
“For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.” Said Elie Wiesel; the author of the book Night. Everything has consequences, and from our memory and what’s recognized and remembered from our history we now know what would happen if history gets repeated; so it’s best to not even try. The quote speaks for itself and gets the message through for those who can relate, or simply understand. Elie Wiesel shared what he had lived through so we as the people can prevent it from happening and wants to help those who didn’t make it by sharing their stories, yet he never feel like he had accomplished anything.
In the book Night, it says, “He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer.” When it comes to power, everyone wants a piece of it. For some; depending in their situation, would almost do anything to have control; even if they would have to betray their own. Having power if like being possessed because you don’t think straight through any longer. They tend to turn out to be selfish rather than caring for their loved ones and friends.
Some great examples would be in the film Killing Fields, Khmer Rouge and his group would kill those who would misbehave, slack at work, try to escape or for other smalls reasons they don’t seem to like nor appreciate. With this example, it shows how power can change a person and all they want is to live or any other selfish desire. Another example would be in the book Night, when Elie’s father is getting weaker from overworking, starvation, and not getting enough rest. From all of that, he is slowly dying with those who were already dead. By this example, it strongly shows how the people who have partial power were able to control and decide a person’s death.
To me Elie had seemed as a hero throughout the book but more especially when he took a giant step forward and had done something for others rather than himself. In the book Night as they were going to take Elise fathers body with the rest of the dead ones he had spoken up for his father; since he was too weak and was at the point he wanted to give up his life. And also at the moment when he shared his soup with his father even though he was hungry himself. Elie Wiesel is still a hero today, although he didn’t take a huge role as one but still it is counted for. He had survived through the Holocaust and is doing a favor to those he didn’t make it a joined with him after it was all over.
Some modern day examples of a person becoming a perpetrator is anything relating to killing, involving weapons for no good use, bank robbery, kidnapping, stealing, and causing trouble to others physically, emotionally, and verbally. An everyday hero is someone who is not selfish. Someone who is always willing to do things for others, taking risks over their own life to save and take care of others. A hero needs to be someone who can make us look up to them and naturally gets our attention and the desire to change for the better.
