A Moral Dilemma

123 Green Ave.
Penticton, British Columbia
V2A 3T1

May 30th, 2011

Mayor
City Hall
345 Main St.
Penticton, British Columbia
V2A 3Y2


Dear Mr. Mayor,
I send you this letter of reconciliation, concerning Mr. Gunter Grass' irrefutable evidence of commanding a Nazi concentration camp in Poland. I am aware that you know about Mr. Grass' horrible things during the time of the holocaust but I am hoping you will reconsider your thoughts about exposing this to the public.


If you look at Mr. Grass' life, he lived it quite well throughout his ninety-two years of being alive. If you look back at his achievements in life, except his wrong doings in the holocaust, you will see that he has done many positive deeds. As you can see from his records, he served as mayor for thirty-two years. In his years of being mayor he did admirable deeds for the public. He built a profitable factory where many people in the village enjoy working, and are well paid. Without his help of building a place for people to work, the citizens of the village would be making no money to support the needs of their children or themselves. Without this kind of help that Mr. Grass has contributed, the village would of possibly been in a state of poverty. 

Gunter Grass has done exceptional and kind-hearted deeds towards the society of the village. He is looked at as a model citizen and generous man. Over the years of being mayor, he donated very large amounts of money to different charities and would socialize and study the citizens of the village. The people that were in debt and need the money he would aid them and make sure they had enough to cover their expenses.

Afterlife

            Death is the inevitable thing that will happen to all of us. Whether you have done good things or bad, this dark blind spot in our society could be our end of life, or will it? In today’s society there are many religious beliefs about this thing called “death”. Most of these religions have different perspectives of the afterlife and what happens to you when you have “crossed over”. Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism all have some similarities in their beliefs but their perspectives on the afterlife are all different.

            “Our lord and savior, Jesus Christ,” has always been the main symbol of the Christian religion. The afterlife is a big part of the Christianity belief ever since Jesus was resurrected from his death. The majority of Christians do believe that there is an afterlife, “heaven, and hell”. The Bible refers that if you let go of your regrets and sins to God, or Jesus Christ before you die you will live an eternity of salvation in heaven. Another belief is that if you live a life full of sins you will live an afterlife of eternal damnation in hell. Some Christians are very strong and true to this belief of the afterlife and mainly try to avoid a life of sins. The main symbols of “heaven and hell” are the angels and God, and the demons and the devil for hell. There are many references to the angels and demons, for example in some of the old Looney Toon episodes they have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. In society Christianity is the most popular religion today, which makes up a big percentage in our world.

In the novel Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom, Morrie explains to Mitch that, "the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves.[they're] teaching the wrong things. And [people] have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own culture. Most people can't do it. They're more unhappy than me - even in my present condition." I believe that Morrie is trying to say that our culture and society influence how people think about themselves, but mainly in a bad way. I think that society shows negative things to teens and adults today. For example in magazines like Men's Health and or Cosmo they depict pictures of very rich luxurious items that everyone wants but not always needs. These differences corrupts adults,teens and our future kids to always want more, which is the cycle of supply and demand. Another reason why I think that our society influences teens and adults in a negative way is that in the media they only display pictures of thin,good-looking women and buff,tall men. Many of teens and adults revolve their own habits and living standards too these media stereotypes which makes most of the world unhappy with themselves. The media corrupts our society today by releasing shows about money or making more money because without it people always want more. The crazy thing is how everyone wants more and are never satisfied with their own living standards. Society today is very cruel in a way because they mock or put down anything different from what they want other people to buy. I find not always that finding your own different culture away from the media  is a horrible thing.