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Essay / Human Nature: The True Nature of Humans - 980
Imagine a family that all has its own annoying habits. The wife is always annoyed by the husband who has the habit of leaving his socks on the floor. The husband has a fault that the wife does not appreciate. Instead of correcting this imperfection, the husband decides to ignore it because of his arrogance. This leads to an indifferent and turbulent environment, and the wife constantly holds grudges against her husband's habits. Everyone has their own weakness that they must change to become more complete beings. As Paul and his team had just executed The Leader, Paul mentions that “[they] had once again succeeded in destroying what [they] could not create” (113-114). The word “destroy” means to end the existence of something. When they executed the leader, what they “destroyed” and could not create was peace and compassion. Paul knew the leader had committed a horrible crime, but Paul didn't think it was right to kill himself. The execution seemed more like revenge aimed at consoling the victim's family, knowing that the criminal was suffering for his actions. It wasn't compassionate to execute The Chief because the public resented him. Therefore, Paul claims that the peace was “destroyed” because they had no compassion towards the leader to forgive and forget his faults. Paul understood