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Make a Difference Today

When Anne Frank once said, “ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world,” she was very right. People don’t realized that every choice they make, like whether to throw the soda can in the garbage, or the recycling bin, can make a difference. Some kids think to themselves, “ When I grow up, I’m going to help clean the beaches,” but why not start today? I believe that the quote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world,” means that instead of waiting for tomorrow to make a difference, we should start today.

In the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, when Karana realised that Ramo was still on the island, she jumped into the water to be with him because she knew that he wouldn’t be able to survive alone. Also, after she shot Rontu with a bow and arrow, she felt badly for hurting him and nursed him back to health. After that, Rontu and Karana became best friends for many many years. To help the world around me, I help donate old clothes and anything else needed at homeless shelters and women's shelters with my mom. As you can see, simple things like donating, or contributing to others can really help save lives, and make the world a better place.

Taking responsibility to solve problems comes up a lot in the movie Devil's Arithmetic. At the concentration camp, Hannah went to Lilith’s Cave instead of Rivka. Rivka was Hannah’s cousin who gave her shelter after Hannah’s parents passed away, and because they were Jewish, they got sent to concentration camps. At the camp, no one was allowed to stop working, but Rivka and Hannah were talking, and Rivka was getting sick, so when the Nazis called Rivka to be taken to die, Hannah went instead. Because Hannah gave up her life for someone else, she made an improvement in the world by showing compassion. If it was my little sister, I would have done the same thing.

I believe that taking a stand against what is wrong, is very important. Last May, my friends Natalie, Jillian and I were outside, and we saw a stray cat. My dad and I started to leave food outside for it, and it became very friendly. My mom then called adoptive agencies, but they all said to leave it outside, and it will die by itself. Instead of taking their advice,we took it to the vet, and adopted it ourselves. Brownie is now a proud member of our family. It relates because we made the world a better place by saving a life. I bet that if you met Brownie, you would understand why we took him in.

Now many years later, I believe that people havent listened to Anne Franks quote as well as they should have. Why don’t people try to make the world any better? Why do people believe that they have to be a certain age to start making a difference? Thankfully, those little people that have listened, sre making the world better one by one. Can you see a difference? Probably not because most people don’t realise that every little thing makes a difference. So how about instead of throwing a piece of paper out of your car window, wait until you can throw it away in a trash can. I believe that people all ages should be able to change the world.

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