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BrandonEspinoza
Ms.Holt
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GoodvsEvil

Humankindseemstohavebrutality,forlackofempathyforlackofcompassion,byannie
Lennoy.Somepeoplebelievethatpeoplearenaturallyevil,andIagree.Inthevideo,baby
videoby20/20tellsthestoryofbabiesandhowtheythink.Ibelievethathumansarebornwith
mutualthoughtsbutmainlyevil.
Tobetterunderstandthissituation,inthevideotheysaidthatthebabieschoosethebear
thatwasrudetotheotherbearbecausethebearpushedtheothertogetatoy.
Thismeansthatthe
babywouldratherbenefititselfknowingwhatthebabywasdoingisevil.Thiscanbenefitthe
ideaofhumansbeingbornevil.
Theythendidexperimentsonolderkidsandtheolderthatthey
gotthemorecompassionatetheygot.Thismeansthattheoldertheyget,themoretheycanthink
independently,themoretheycanbecompassionate.Thiscanhelpprovethathumansareborn
evilthenafterbeingtaughtrightandwrong.

AnotherreasonwhyIbelievethathumansarebornevilisthatinthebook,thesniperby
LiamOFlahertythesnipershootsandkillsinnocentpeopleoverordershewasgiven.

This
provesthatwithdirectionsomeonewillbewillingtodoevilthingswithoutthinkingaboutwhat

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theyaredoing.Thisprovesthatsomewherethereisadefaultevilmindset.
Anadditiontothis,
anotherexamplefrom,thesniperbyLiamoFlahertyis,thesniperfiredagainandthewoman
whirledaroundandfellwithashriekintothegutter.Thismeansthatthesniperkilledher.This
isanevilmindsetbecauseheshotaninnocentwoman.Thisissomethingthatisevilbecause
murderiswrong.
Additionally,Ibelievehumansarebornevilbecausepeoplearegreedy.Forexamplein
thestory,ThankYou,MaambyLangstonHugesaboywastryingtostealaninnocent
woman'spursejustsohecanbuyhimselfapairofbluesuedeshoes.
Thisprovesthathedidn't
careiftheladyhadimportantstuffinthepurseaslongashegotmoneyforhisbluesuedeshoes.
Thisalsoprovesthatheisgreedyandselfishwhichindeedisevil.
Ibelievethathumansareborn
evilbecauseinthebook,thankyouMaam,theboypleaded,i'msorryknowinghedidn't
meanitandjustwantedtheladytoletgoofhim.Thisprovesthathewaslyingaboutfeeling
sorry.Inconclusionthisisevilbecauselyingisevil.Heknewwhathewasdoingisevilbut
insteadcontinuedtolie.
Althoughsomepeoplethinkthathumansareborngood.Myessayarguesthathumans
arebornevil.Ibelievethisbecausepeopleareselfishandgreedy.Iknowthatimalwaystrying
todothingstomakemylifeeasier.Youguysshouldreallythinkaboutitintheendwhoareyou
reallytryingtohelpyourself,orotherpeople.

Rubricratingsubmittedon:2/5/2016,4:06:08PMbybholt@ggusd.net

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Comments:
Youhavesolidevidence,butyoudon'thaveanargument.Seemeifyouneedhelp
understandingmyfeedback.

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