Competitive+Reflection

 __**Competitiveness Reflection**__ I think America as a whole is really competitive. We've always strived to become the greatest and the most powerful country. Individually, we're also really competitive. Don't confuse my tone; I'm not saying being competitive is bad, I'm just saying that it's one of the characteristics in which we have to be cautious of having. On one hand being competitive is great: it offers motivation and goals to reach; an example would be the World Olympics, a game of positive competition. However, on the other hand, if taken too seriously "you'll be sick," (George Leonard). Examples of negative competition is expressed when people take advantage of others to "get ahead" or if capitalism becomes too powerful and controlling. Grapes of Wrath, I thought, really demonstrated how being too competitive for jobs, however necessary they are, can destroy the morals of a person. I think my point here is to show that competition is not a bad thing, it's how serious you take it that matters. On that same note, you also don't want to be so competitive that you lose all your friends and the people you love because you want to get ahead.

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