<p>prompt: should people take more responsibllity for solving problems that affect their communities or he nation in general?</p>
<p>essay:
As individuals we tend to take care of our needs, rather then the needs of our society. The reason for that is because we expect our goverments to take care for the society for us.The excuse for our lack of involvnace, is the assumption that one individual is not powerful enough to make changes that would impact the general public. However, this assumption is wrong. Many times through out history it was the average civilian who managed to make a great impact that changed, not only, his or her life, but the lives of many others as well. A prime example to prove this can be taken from the events at the middle east that started the "Arab spring", a serial of events that caused many Arab regimes to collapce.</p>
<p>Across the world there are many dictatorships that rule their countries by fear, and deny its people the most basic rights. Most peoples in does countries fear to speack against their rulers, beliving that they dont have power to make any difference, so why should they risk themselves if they are to weak to make any changes. A case such as that took place in Tunisia in 2011. In a a small town at Tunisia the local authorities had terrorized their citizens by getting them to pay their officials a certain amount of money every week, or else they will close their businesses. A young man who lived in that city, lost his store, because he couldnt pay for the local authority. Unlike most people he decided to defend him self, by reclaiming his right. He decided to go to the city hall to demand that he, and his family would be compensate for the business he lost. When his demand were not followed, he set himself on fire. this act caused many people across Tunisia to protest against their goverment, which led to the fall of the regime.</p>
<p>Soon after the regime in Tunisia has fallen, many peoples from across the middle east, and the Arab world were inspired by the events in Tunisia, which led them to protest against their own goverments. That caused many dictatorships, such as, Eygept, Lybia, and Yemen to collapse. Although the man who set himself on fire didnt mean to start a revolution, his act made an impact on so many peoples, which eventually caused the "Arab spring", which affect our world till this day.</p>
<p>To conclude, it is shown from the events of the "Arab spring", how the act of one individual, can make an impact that will affect millions of peoples.</p>