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Relecting on what we need to do about it: I learned from Tom Hayden that the first step my generation must take in order to fix the problems we have inherited and to be leaders in a country we are proud of, is to teach others that the change we are searching for is worthwhile. Until everyone recognizes that issues of basic human rights are universal to all of us, we will continue to be apathetic and lack the motivation to seek any change. People need to learn a lesson from Muley Graves in //The Grapes of Wrath// and realize that we don't have a choice but to help. My generation must acknowledge its responsibility and duty to help others, regardless of a person's ability to do so. it is one's responsibility to help others because we are all part of something bigger than ourselves; by being selfish and failing to fulfill our duty to help, chaos ensues, and we are witnessing it unfold before us today. Going to Parker, we learned at a very early age that it is our responsibility to do "everything to help and nothing to hinder." While I have tried to live by these words ever since I first heard them 13 years ago, they have simply meant to me that I should strive to pick doing right over doing wrong, and never to cause someone pain when I could be nice instead. What Steinbeck presents in his novel goes beyond these words. Obviously, one should choose right over wrong, but what I learned from Steinbeck is that this is not a choice we have to make. We must recognize that our only option is to help, no matter what obstacles may get in the way when doing so. A revolution must occur in order to restore morality in our country. For this change to occur, people must unite and foster a growing sense of wrath within themselves. We must act together, to perfect our union, and work to live in a different and better way.

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