Ty's essay

Ty LeVarge
Mr. Salsich
English 02
April 28, 2009

Kindness:
An essay on how two tales compare to my life and to each other

Kindness has many forms to resemble many different types of feelings. Love, joy, and happiness are all common forms of kindness. These are different emotions that are centered on someone enjoying being kind.

Kindness is a general topic that has many sources that are similar to it.
In the short story “Winter Dreams”, Dexter Green experiences love which is a heavy and sensitive type of happiness. Love is a very powerful type of happiness and has much power that is not to be tainted with. If you were to keep your love strong, then your life will become a huge miracle for you. If you do not take love seriously, it will betray you and make your life miserable. Dexter Loved Judy and Judy loved Dexter and one decision changed Dexter’s life forever. Judy ruined Dexter’s life by leaving him for another man. This shows that Judy can devastate Dexter’s life by making one decision for her own needs. Love is powerful and can be an advantage or an apocalypse of your life.

In the poem Kindness, by Naomi Shihab Nye, different types of happiness occur within the focus of the poem. For Ms. Nye, she thinks of kindness as another form of happiness. To give someone a gift is kindness is giving the person you are being kind to a great deal of happiness. You also have a great deal of happiness whenever you give kindness. She also suggests that a fantasy is another form of being happy. Being in a fantasy is an endless source of happiness and solitude. Being in a fantasy is like being in a dream and is the best place for someone that loves to be alone and in their own safe place. A fantasy is a safe haven for someone and kindness is a generosity that is a gift.

In my life, I have many forms of happiness and I have some that are similar to these stories. I have a small fantasy that helps me to live happy and peaceful. Video games allow me to stray away from reality and allow me to unleash stress and escape the outside world. I can just fade from reality and be happy for the entire day to achieve great happiness. I also am happy through kindness. I have given much of my time and devotion to the community and people that I know. Kindness made me happy to be giving back and that kindness is a huge part of my happiness. I have similar opinions of happiness as poems and it is very interesting.

Happiness is easy to obtain but is very valuable. If happiness was to be lost then everyone’s life turns to become miserable. If one individual is miserable then the day of many are affected. Happiness is an essential part of an individual’s everyday life.