Books sort-of transfers the knowledge of social justice to you. It can give you a sense of kindness. It can inspire you to do good things for random people you meet off of the street. The things you witness in books have a subliminal message that gives you something that can bring you towards doing the right things, or showing you something terrible that happens so you can improve yourself as a person off of it. A book that really gives you a sense of social justice is Animal Farm by George Orwell. It shows a higher class discriminating against a lower class. Which, as I said previously makes you at least want to help the lower class out a bit. I mean giving something or helping someone less fortunate then yourself gives you a really little bundle of satisfaction.
Outside of the book world, we tend to help others out. By lending them money or maybe donating to an organization to raise some money for a certain thing. Really, anything you can do to help someone is just worth it completely. I notice this a lot. For example, when Sammy in the 8th grade has passed away a week before his barmitzvah, he wanted to donate some of the money given to him to a charity. He had told a few of his friends that. And his friends are trying to raise money to give to the charity. Something as little as a penny is going to help a lot of people. There are also people who on the subway give away their seats to pregnant women or people with a handicap. So that they can sit down and relax without a worry. I love when I see people do that. I try to help these people out as much as possible. I love to see them smile and be just really greatful that there are people in this world who care about what's happening to them.
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