Anna Quindlen On Community

Many different people have many different views on what the responsibilities towards the community are and what that community is made up of. Literary authors such as Peter Singer often have different views on responsibilities when compared to other literary authors such as Anna Quindlen. Whilst Peter focuses more on giving anything that is not deemed “necessary” to the poor, Anna Quindlen focuses more on self-acceptance and betterment. Although those three points of views are arguably correct in some ways, a community should not be based on selfishness or selflessness. A community is a group of people who are all striving for a similar goal: improving one’s self and the ties within the community.
For the individuals within the community, improving …show more content…
Quindlen is saying that you should begin the work of becoming your own self and that a good community begins with a good person. By doing this, individuals will be able to become more positive and that itself would create a warm atmosphere within the community. With the majority of the people striving to improve their character, their community would improve along with them.
Developing and improving the ties within the community is important as well. Mistakes and bad impressions are not unlikely, but people should fix or, at least, attempt to mend any bad relationships. People should strive for better relationships with those around them and that would help strengthen the bond within the community. Not only does it strengthen the bond but it actually creates the bond as well. With this, a stronger community is …show more content…
But that does not include the fact that people should give up buying commodities such as clothes, accessories, cars, and phones. That also does not include for them to excessively donate every single time they have a bit of extra money. People should be allowed to save their money, but not to the extent of selfishness. Sometimes, people save their money in case of emergencies or just improving their lives. By donating every single time they have extra money, they might not be able to achieve that. You should be able to pay expensive things as much as you’d like but also donate money too. If you have money to buy those commodities, you should be able to spare a some of it on the