Hey. I just wrote another essay, and since I don’t know anybody who can grade it, I’ll post it here.
Assignment: Is it better for people to act on their feelings than to talk about them?
It is more beneficial for people to act on their feelings than talk about them. Talking about one’s feelings can bring a greater understanding of oneself, but this action rarely brings real change.
One example that proves my point is that of Malala Yousafzai, a girl from Pakistan who decided to speak up against gender discrimination in Pakistan. Malala did talk about her feelings on her blog to bring awareness about the obstacles girls face in Pakistan. However, she also user her determination and indignance in manifold actions, like giving speeches or continuing to go to school in spite of the fact that the Taliban issued a death threat against her. One day, when she was on her way to school, Malala was shot in the head, survived and later gained international support as a result. Clearly, Yousafzai’s actions are the reason for her success, and it is thanks to her feelings that she remained resolute in her fight for girl’s rights. It Malala wouldn’t have acted on her feelings, opting to instead only talk about them, she could not possibly achieved lasting results.
Another example is that of Anne Frank, a girl who lived during World War ll. As a teenager, Anne already knew what she wanted to do in life - to write. During that time, it was unusual for a girl to have her own profession, but this fact didn’t discourage Anne to follow her dream. Certain that she didn’t want to be a typical woman like her mother, Anne worked very hard to improve her writing skills. Of course, her most famous work, ‘‘The Diary of a Young girl’’, is about her feelings, but it is her decision to act that made her write it in the first place.
The previous examples clearly prove that only when one acts on one’s feelings, can one bring real change.
